Map Changes should Create Ward Changes

50CaliberHecate··29 votes·12,723 views

The new maps gonna have the ability to have more brush/bushes, which means less vision across the map. This means assassins (especially Rengar) will have more advantages to gank or attack. With the additional Lethality changes, the assassins who primarily build it (Zed and Talon) will have a huge advantage because vision is limited even more.

I propose a few changes:

  • Control wards should not take up space in your build (as this additionally causes late game to basically not allow them to exist without selling an item) so a second ward slot should allow for you to stick pink wards.
  • Regular Wards should go up by 1. So instead of 2 wards at all times, 3 is possible.
  • Support Warding items shouldn’t be changed as they do receive 4 HOWEVER I believe once you unlock the wards from challenge completion, your regular wards should automatically convert into Oracle Lens. (This will save those supports from backing to buy it or if they forget to buy Oracle. )
  • The additional awarding Rune should provide 2 HP instead of 1 as well as Blue award.
  • Using Oracle should not be visible to enemies when used. This is such a disadvantage when destroying wards as it makes vision for the enemy but alternately not for you.

13 Comments

JustDonnyy15 votes

While I don't agree with every change you listed, I do believe that vision should be looked into before these preseason changes.

True Garen10 votes

How about we start by reverting the most recent vison nerfs: Increase ward duration by 1/3, let me carry as many CW as I feel like spending gold on, and bring back green smite.

Pendergast8914 votes

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How about we start by reverting the most recent vison nerfs: Increase ward duration by 1/3, let me carry as many CW as I feel like spending gold on, and bring back green smite.

holy crap please bring back green smite, that might actually allow for tankier and supporty junglers back into the meta.

OmarWott1 votes

you just made a blind man smile with green smite

ClaireRedfield7 votes

Or uh here's something crazy what if we made green wards the could be bought from the item shop that didn't have a limit to how many could be placed.

CatnipTerminator4 votes

I personally would like to be able to use all 4 Wards of the upgraded Support Items at once :)

FSRER3 votes

Bring back sightstone and ward jungle item, there, problem solved

Syrile2 votes

Shhhhhhhhh! They will read the title of this post and agree. In which case, they will further nerf vision rather than buff it.

Sewer Side2 votes

Then you’re making the argument less wards should be made available when Infernal Rift happens

Horızen2 votes

Yeah... but it's fun to bait people with blue wards. Everyone always has that impulse to murder every ward they see so a bright blue circle in a dark bush? Who the hell cares, run right in and smack that ding-dong--- then I come out and smack their ding-dong faster than they can say "penguins". It's a good strat.

MasterDClone1 votes

i agree with most of it but like the oracles change would kill anystealth champ without them knowing lol.

Flemman1 votes

the only change they need is, if ocean drake is the one affecting the map, player are allowed to put one more pink on the map

Fondling Gems1 votes

I would like control wards to cover your normal ward slot. This means they don't take inventory space, but at the drawback of needing to place them before you can use normal wards. This also hurts people who like to buy 2 control wards and just drop the 2nd down as soon as the previous one is cleared.

I addresses Riot's previous concerns with wards while also allowing players to ward late game.

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