You wonder Why New Champions are broken

doublelift fg·Jun 26, 2015·4 votes·2,523 views

and then you realise that they have no cast time

ekko casts all his spell instantly, same for rek sai

meanwhile cho gat Q,olaf Q/E, volibear R

13 Comments

jDVL20eCYsJun 26, 20157 votes

ekkos q adn w have cast time but what ever just vomit shit on the boards

RiotMeddlerJun 26, 20156 votes

Ekko's got standard cast times (0.25s) on all of his abilities. That's the default value we've been using on most champions since beta (e.g. Nasus has 3 0.25s casts and one insta cast). Some champs like Cho do have longer than average cast times (0.5s in his case on his Q, W and R), that's fairly uncommon though.

SaltyKrackaJun 26, 20152 votes

Actually, I wanna catch up with you on this one.

Which of Nasus's spells is insta-cast? Q?

Jeddy017Jun 26, 20152 votes

Obviously his Q.

SaltyKrackaJun 26, 20152 votes

Friend, if only everything that were "obvious" were what is real.

RiotMeddlerJun 26, 20152 votes

Yep, Q.

SaltyKrackaJun 26, 20151 votes

Alright cool, that's what I thought...

But it reminds me of something. LoL should really have an in-house wiki for all the champs and items that lists all the champ stats and numbers down to the inane shit like cast times (even if they are standard in most cases) just so people can have an easy resource to check their assumptions against.

I mean, it's not like the current wikis are always entirely accurate, and not having to go to an outside site to get accurate numbers and ratios would be a lot less legwork.

KingsgraveJun 26, 20151 votes

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Yep, Q.

Is there any reason Volibear R and Aatrox R can't be cast while moving due to .25 second cast time but Rengar W and Volibear E can be cast while moving?

Vistha KaiJun 26, 20154 votes

It's not about cast times. It's about counterplay in general and the amount of bullshit being thrown into a single kit.

I just played aganist Ekko who had like ~50 AP at level 10. I was Zed, he like 100-0'd me and had more health than before. The best part I couldn't even get one AA off.

Ya, know Zed, known for his 100-0 yolo assassinations and amazing pushing potential, being out-dueled(with two buttons from Ekko) and out-pushed(with just one spell from Ekko)

DedriusJun 26, 20153 votes

You are trying to say ekko is broken while cho is balanced? Try harder man

3TWarriorJun 26, 20151 votes

all of those abilities have a cast time, even chogath's ult has a cast time...it's just that usually to be in range of it you don't even notice it

StarlighteJun 26, 20151 votes

Also, it takes a wiki page and several minutes of reading to even begin to grasp a champion nowadays. So many abilities have incredibly overloaded textboxes. I mean hell, how can somebody look at Cass and know what her passive does as an opponent laning against her? It's impossible without tabbing out to read wikis somedays with this game...