Kayn Balance Issues

spaceace1288·7/13/2017, 1:34:41 AM·2 votes·603 views

No other words. This guy is a bard capable of remapping his travel path mid-wall, does like more than half of your health as (Basically True) damage, heals with no regards to the spellvamp nerfs (Hello Death's dance synergy), can exploit flash beyond disbelief (There's a difference between making flash plays on ALREADY UNBALANCED CHARACTERS, and making them on champs that actually take effort to use, like Azir, who dies in like one hit), and.... Did I mention this part. He is a global counter. A GLOBAL COUNTER. A Yasuo so terrifying that he doesn't even need that broken shield passive (Compared to every other champ in the game, Yasuo's passive is just plain...better and core to him). Of course, there ARE counters. What are the counters? Play the meta. you're metalocked. THAT'S A COUNTER.Kayn Oh look, they even ADDED HIS ICON ALREADY?

Let's get down to serious business. This guy.... His mobility is insane. Dash, Walk out the map, Flash over your second ultimnate (Given you have one), And HEAL faster than your abilities would normally cooldown given its a regular League match. Does like half your health in true damage, sustains, just everything. Nearly ungankable (You can't invade someone that can technically just CTRL+Upgrade and walk out the map) , Becomes untargetable and does even more true damage.

Dash. 1 dodge. Walk through wall. 2 dodges. Flash THROUGH (Or around) projectiles. 3 Dodges. (flashes are treated as part of a champions kit, so... It's an exploit heaven.) Go INTO ENEMIES, track them no matter where they go, and become untargetable. 4 Dodges. By the time this is done, his basic abilities are off of cooldown... 6 dodges, given you didn't die from over half your hp true dmg, or get auto-bursted from across the map because of his extended ult range. Why not bump that up to 15 dodges since you're going to be chasing this bast....bast bethooven across the map, and he'll be using around 30 dodges by the time you realize he can't really be caught?

I'm reviewing this as if it's his full extent of power. Not some shabby youtuber "Oh, first days, you shouldn't see a mid-dash flash ult in your face" (I'd do that on first day, trust me). I'm not going to review this as if it's just released, because it's beyond just released, it's been there for long enough to catch.

Well, I'll forgive League this time because there are examples out there that... Trample belief. Just look at Paragon, and how they went from "Fun" to "Dead serious defense doesn't exist Stiff Gameplay" in a matter of one update. And to make it worse, that open beta excuse of "In Development". I'm beyond games being shipped as incomplete and broken, and at least League doesn't give me this shiver that many games accomplished... I know myself that I could do more than them if provided a proper workspace, but... Whatever. I wouldn't recommend touching "Paragon" itself as both a gamer and indie dev...

The character's unique, but I just can't forgive combining Velkoz and Bard into an Azir that's able to drift through walls, healing his whole healthbar at the same time, use a zed ult on someone from either a far range OR for killing tanks (and merging for like 10 seconds in the process), healing through everything done and modifying everything it can do no matter what... Even if you don't kill or fight an assassin, you could still turn red.

Azir Rest in peace. You already die in like one hit. You have the mobility, but the cooldown is so insane and Kayn will track and hack you to death instantly...

AurelionSol I wouldn't recommend picking star dragon if Kayn is unbanned.

Cassiopeia I CAN AIM cassiopeia's Q's, but... Eh, while it is a match, it's such a slim choice that it's undebatable. I can hit moving opponents with my Q, and even teleporting opponents, but even by ulting someone in the face, throwing out full combos and kiting, stuff like Fizz will just... Hit you regardless due to their kit.

At least I now have quinn. You know. I got her and she went on sale 1-2 days after. Going Quinn mid and ADC, regardless of tilt though. RIP WALLET.

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