So now Vaynes Ultimate has literally no counterplay at all... great...

Raoul··65 votes·4,567 views

She now has the invisibility, that is not revealed any more, so you better prepare to ban Vayne every game you are not first pick or get destroyed as soon as she ults, because there is literally no way left to counter her invisibility...

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l Helios l13 votes

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the fact that you could counter her ult stealth with 75 gold kind of lame? Same with Akali W, does no one realize how bullshit that was? An entire mechanism of a champion's kit negated by 75 gold. Boy, that really makes me want to play that champion!

Tbh, this is the point where will figure out if stealth is a good mechanic for league.

bad arcade kitty9 votes

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the fact that you could counter her ult stealth with 75 gold kind of lame? Same with Akali W, does no one realize how bullshit that was? An entire mechanism of a champion's kit negated by 75 gold. Boy, that really makes me want to play that champion!

Tbh, this is the point where will figure out if stealth is a good mechanic for league.

what's wrong with it? it's the same in dota where invisibility is common but easily negated

an invisible assassin/hard carry which can't be negated with a cheap consumable is a problem

seems i'm going to permaban vayne

Sona Ping6 votes

Because this isn't DotA. Not just because it's a different game with different mechanics that work differently but because DotA operates at an entirely different level of power than League. There's a reason why that joke "In DotA everyone is balanced because everyone is OP" exists.

Things like permanent, unconditional invisibility; 4 second stuns, and 6 second silences maybe fine in DotA but League isn't DotA.

bad arcade kitty4 votes

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Because this isn't DotA. Not just because it's a different game with different mechanics that work differently but because DotA operates at an entirely different level of power than League. There's a reason why that joke "In DotA everyone is balanced because everyone is OP" exists.

Things like permanent, unconditional invisibility; 4 second stuns, and 6 second silences maybe fine in DotA but League isn't DotA.

meantime lol is going to introduce invisibility which can't be countered with a cheap consumable which even dota didn't dare to do, all their invisible heroes are countered by dust etc

Flaherty11 votes

You could always retreat until the ult it gone then re-engage

1 800 Top Lane37 votes

Retreat? What is this nonsense, that's pro level play and up.

We always fight in Nunu's ult and Illaoi's.

SomeLink45 votes

Doesn't her passive movement speed when moving towards a target double?

Divewing40 votes

I think it triples...

Owyn7 votes

Buff it to quardiple and we'r good! [slayer-jinx-wink]

WinTheWarOnPants21 votes
MrWasjig11 votes

Just so you can cry yourself to sleep:

Night Hunter RANGE: 2000!!! Vayne gains 30 bonus movement speed when moving towards a nearby visible enemy champion. FINAL HOUR: Night Hunter's bonus movement speed is tripled to 90.

So saying "just retreat" is a non-solution :P

Only Play Darius20 votes

To be fair Nunu and Illaoi are melee and don't get 90 MS during their ults

Akali is SO HOT25 votes

Yeah just let me retreat from Vayne whose passive ms boost gets tripled during her ult.

GULAG 4 U3 votes

Just ghost and flash kappa

WinTheWarOnPants6 votes

"Night Hunter Vayne gains 30 bonus movement speed when moving towards a nearby visible enemy champion. Final Hour.png FINAL HOUR: Night Hunter's bonus movement speed is tripled to 90."

Rozzeta6 votes

Yeah... Good luck running away from Night Hunter.

SpecterVonBaren7 votes

How? If you've gone balls deep to try and kill her then you're now in the middle of the enemy team so unless you're Zed or Leblanc you're stuck there. If you're a tank then the same is true, if you try to walk away then you're just going to get poked down or murdered by the Vayne that's chasing you with her increase movespeed and steroid activated.

In what world does the enemy team just say, "Oh I see we kept you from getting our ADC, we'll let you get back to your team so you can try again later."

If this is a 1v1 scenario then it's even more laughable because Vayne will just kill you because of her passive and ability to knock you into a wall.

Kingdom Corn4 votes

her passive and q. Do I need to say more? K statik shiv and boots.

Boulderox6 votes

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You could always retreat until the ult it gone then re-engage

90 ms when running at enemies with ult... yea fucking try running from a 500 + ms vayne

Need Gold 4 Tent2 votes

funfact: most of them go 2 zeal items so include that 10% ms too will ya?

Sasogwa5 votes

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You could always retreat until the ult it gone then re-engage

Vayne's passive is chasing her enemies down and it is tripled during ult. Good luck retreating.

Spicy Rice2 votes

Retreat from the person who gets 90 movespeed when running at you?

Khaoticol7 votes

Don't worry, 10 bans incoming next season in the meantime just ban her everytime

Shuriman Curator3 votes

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Don't worry, 10 bans incoming next season in the meantime just ban her everytime

10 bans and some champs will never see the rift again.

bad arcade kitty7 votes

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10 bans and some champs will never see the rift again.

it means they should be nerfed/reworked

SociopathFriend1 votes

That's always the cycle isn't it? Champions are changed They're OP and banned Champions are changed again They're trash and never used Champions are changed again They're okay but stale Champions are changed again

Supreme Senpai692 votes

Actually isn't it more like: Champions are fine Items are changed Champions are broken Months go by Champions are gutted Months go by Champions are reworked and are now awesome and balanced

Then masteries are changed

AMYS GRAVE1 votes

Then maybe there is an underlying balance problem in the game....

Restraintful1 votes

There is, it's the fact that any champion can build any item.

AMYS GRAVE1 votes

There is no way that is an unsolvable problem.

AttackOnTeemos6 votes

...Cait Traps, Galio Ultimate., some snares, Soraka's E, Fiddle Fear, Hour Glass, Zone Skills... Nope, not a single counter was named there.

Osmiux3 votes

Also Kled's Q. Oh, and aren't they adding an invisibility shimmer in the assassin update?

Jet Sett2 votes

The shimmer only works if you hit them, which can only happen with non-targeted abilities, and you still can't AA or use point and click abilities.

Shimmer seems more helpful for extended invisibility like Twitch or Rengar (I believe they are not listed as camouflage)

Ruin Lance21 votes

vayne buys item 3140

FeelsBadMan

AttackOnTeemos4 votes

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FeelsBadMan

People act like she going to 1v5 a whole team lol it's sad af.

Ruin Lance14 votes

it's actually a lot easier than you'd think. if you catch the enemy carries off guard before the front line can stop you, it's certainly possible. you literally kill carries without armor in like 2-3 hits and i'm NOT exaggerating.

(source: i was feeding my ass off on vayne but when the enemy caitlyn and lissandra decided to get a little careless i 3 shotted their asses and earned myself a quadra afterwards since the tanks couldn't hurt me)

AttackOnTeemos2 votes

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it's actually a lot easier than you'd think. if you catch the enemy carries off guard before the front line can stop you, it's certainly possible. you literally kill carries without armor in like 2-3 hits and i'm NOT exaggerating.

(source: i was feeding my ass off on vayne but when the enemy caitlyn and lissandra decided to get a little careless i 3 shotted their asses and earned myself a quadra afterwards since the tanks couldn't hurt me)

That could be sad for any champion, hell eveyone should know the rengar blues I mean after the changes I'm not sure but we know for a fact he jumps on someone and eats their face and walks away. Yi does clean up duty, Olaf just says Fck yo tanks Im going through it all.

Narasimha7 votes

I mean, if the enemy plays stupid, literally anything is possible. You could pull off ad jungle sona against a bad enough team.

Supreme Senpai691 votes

What is this, my promos?

Aptest3 votes

oh common you gotta admit bop a pink on her was kinda cheap.

get yourself an anti-stealth champion like lulu or lee sin and worry no more.

NodirjonSattarov3 votes

She gets 30-40+ AD, attack speed and move speed. The least you can do is purchase a pink for 75g to track where she goes.

LostFr0st10 votes

The funny thing is that they said they are now "watching if those revealing abilities get too out of hand."

Aptest2 votes

they sure like their stealth assassins.

I am Pacman3 votes

Damaging invis champs now produces a shimer

http://www.surrenderat20.net/p/622-pbe-cycle.html#shimmer

MunchCrunchLunch15 votes

oh good its not like she can kill me with 2 autos. or even just 1.

GayFluffyUnicorn7 votes

But they are still untargetable and that shimmer only lasts for 1 second even when applying additional dmg. So no Q dmg for Annie or garen, or R for Syndra, no AA from any adc etc etc. while she can freeshot. Nice counterplay. I'm honest here, i said it several times and i still believe this is the best solution: remove stealth mechanic at all and rework those champs. Or create stealth items like Dota so everyone can have access to it and leave direct counters to it open.

flibitydoo2 votes

annie can still w/ult/reveal location because freethornmail. And annie's will typically lead in with stun-tibbers anyways so it's not exactly like she loses the ability to 100-0.

garen can spin on top of her and track her during the entire spin. If he builds sunfire cape (which he probably should in general), all he has to do is walk at her to reveal her location and burn her out with it.

all of syndra's basic abiltiies are skillshots and can be used to reveal her position and damage her during stealth. This is honestly better because Syndra right now is "lol I missed everything like a monkey but still get to 100-0 with ult alone" is one of the most unhealthy forms of gameplay and is why she was such a common ban at worlds.

Someone like Karthus is absolutely insane for countering stealth- not only his the majority of his damage output skillshot based (allowing him to damage invisible units), but he also get's that large defile aoe which can easily reveal her position the same way garen does.

Someone like singed or cass or any dot based champion (or one who took ignite) can also mark her to reveal her location so allies can fire their cc/skillshots as well.

Of course, there's still the aspect of dodging that vayne can do to counter all skillshots- but that's actively paying attention to enemy abilities and positioning pre-emptively is healthy gameplay.

Dead Echo2 votes

Doesn't upgraded red trinket item 3364 still reveal all stealth champions whether it's camouflage or invisibility?

LostFr0st23 votes

Nope! You get a red delayed outline :^)

Supreme Senpai6914 votes

As in, you can't use targeted abilities or AA her at all.

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