Inter-champ synergy, you're thoughts

Kahti·2/25/2015, 1:16:25 AM·3 votes·575 views

Just a few things I'd like to know about synergy between different champs.

  • Yasuo He's the most apparent. His ult relies on landing a knockup. While he can do it himself, it's much more effective (and fun) if you have a team full of them so you have more reliability and can come from farther and more varied angles.

  • Cassiopeia Not as well know but her Twin Fang can reset on multiple poisons and not just her own. Singed Teemo Twitch With the exception of Twitch, since you can't amp true damage, she will also buff the poisons of the others.

First question: Do you like having abilities on separate champs that work together?

  • Anivia Sejuani Anivia's Frostbite deals double damage if it hits a Chilled target. Sejuani's Permafrost can only hit enemies with Frost. The idea is their abilities are affected by the cold. There are many other champs that have cold effects like this. Ashe Braum Lissandra Nunu Trundle The thing is, none of these effects work with Anivia or Sej's. What if they did? Would that make them more viable or even too strong?

  • Now imagine there was a champ that had an effect with water. Say he moved faster or could sink in like Vladimir This would probably be useful in the river or with his own abilities that create a temporary pool. What if Fizz Nami andNautilus could help? Chum the Waters could leave a trail from whoever it hits like Duskbringer. Tidal Wave could have a giant stream in its wake and Riptide could soak a wide area.

So the second question: If a champ has the potential for great synergies, should older abilities be changed to accommodate it? As long as it doesn't change them too much, of course.

Finally, can you think of any cool synergies that you'd like to see? If you'd like to see them at all?

1 Comments

Qazgir2/25/2015, 3:17:33 AM1 votes

Sounds Cool in theory but in practice it would be hard to balance, for example lets go back to the theoretical water champ, in a normal game he might be underwhelming and in need of a buff but as soon as any other champ who he has synergy with is added to a game with him he become OP. Then you have two options, 1 buff him and remove his synergy with other champs which is a core part of his identity or 2 leave him be and hope people learn to pick people that synergies with him. Well this is my 2 cents.