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Change Akali's R

crush1x·5/16/2015, 3:08:40 AM·1 votes·638 views

There is little to no benefit of this added change.

There was no problem with proccing her Q with the old R because a change was made all the way back in season1/2 making Akali automatically AA after performing Shadow Dance. And giving her more chase ability is just ??????????

This new ultimate is terrible at close range, as it puts you way too past the target forcing you to take a few steps just to auto them to proc ur Q

Like I get that there's some potential jukes with this new distance, but I proccing Q at a medium range just seems clunky as hell now because you're always going to be 1 step too far

Proposed change 1: Change her ult back

Proposed change 2: Keep the current ult,** but make her E proc her Q ONLY AFTER PERFORMING A SHADOW DANCE.** The range on her E is perfect for proccing her Q through the extra distance made by her new ult. This also does not bring back her "unideal" laning phase which was harrassing with Q E combo without drawing creep aggro.

Proposed change 3: Make her shadow dance faster. Like, A LOT faster. It's clunky as hell right now for an "Assassin".

#2 and #3 could both be implemented, but might be a little over the top.

And no, making Shadow Dance proc her Q is a terribad and noobtrap idea suggested only by people that never played Akali.

4 Comments

Retribution7535/16/2015, 6:55:40 AM1 votes

Logged in to upvote. I rather dislike dashing through opponents. Has some potential if they are running and keep running in the same direction or when used as a juke. Just makes me feel off when I end up in a place I didn't click to.

stuartk115/16/2015, 6:49:57 PM1 votes

I would say that they need to add purpose to her E. The recent changes don't tackle the primary problem, in that it has pretty much no purpose in her kit or much synergy. It needs to have an added purpose of some sort. I think that proccing her Q would be a little excessive (since that's the reason she was nerfed), but some other utility could be good on it.