@riot Can Ahri's foxfire get some kind of QoL on the targeting side?

Somnitsu·6/9/2017, 9:21:55 PM·3 votes·726 views

It's seriously annoying, it's not unusual for foxfire to only hit 2/3 bolts because one went off to a minion or something. I don't think there's any other spell in the game that does this kind of crap.

  1. hitting minions in lane when you want to hit champions and vice versa
  2. hitting camps in jungle fights(which also makes them aggro you)
  3. hitting scuttle when you meant it to hit dragon/baron

Everybody hates on foxfire, it's Ahri's easy/targeted spell; and it's the least related to her lore/theme.

Orb gives waveclear/aoe/truedamage and speed boost, charm is hard cc and pulls, spirit rush gives high mobility/wall hopping/ targeted damaged. But foxfire? it's just damage and nothing else. It's the least of her spells so you never give it any love.

I just want the spell it hit what I want it to hit. I'm not asking for more damage or anything like that.

It doesn't match the range circle shown in the game, there's no clarity there at all.

Some will say just position Ahri for foxfire but it's not always that simple.

There's Ahri's position, the targets position and also other targets that are in range are all variables in the equation. You can only control Ahri's position but not everything else.

Some possible suggestions:

  1. Make all 3 Foxfires share a range so they all see the same available targets.
  2. Make Foxfire interact with the "Ignore non-champions" button so you can hold that down to make Foxfire ignore everything that isn't a champion.
  3. Both?

12 Comments

J Eevo6/9/2017, 10:12:21 PM2 votes

Uh You do realize foxfire has fixed targeting right? It's not random at all.

Ahri summons three spectral flames which orbit her for up to 5 seconds. After a brief delay, each flame pursues the closest visible enemy, prioritizing champions, then the target of Ahri's last basic attack, dealing magic damage.

People hate on it because as long as you charm hits, everything else hits too, that includes fox fire. As long as you're in range and there's nobody else between you and the target it will hit. The only way it can fail if you prefire W early, or try to snipe from further away than the projectile, and the projectile having to rotate is actually a source of counterplay, so taking that away is not a power neutral change(the othe way would be to cut the range but make it so it fits all 3 but that's obviously a nerf in power in return for QOL)

Asayake 5150glow6/9/2017, 9:25:12 PM1 votes

Well maybe hiding behind targets for foxfire is a form of counterplay?

Although it is supposed to prioritize champions. So I dunno.

Somnitsu6/13/2017, 2:52:10 PM1 votes

Really wish there was some feedback, has anyone at riot even seen this? :c