Idea for balancing Twitch
Hey, as we can see during these world championships, Twitch is ridiculously efficient and he is in solo queue as well.
The big problem with this champion is his dependancy to his ultimate. Without ultimate he is the worst adc in the game, but with ultimate he is able to 1v5 way too easily.
My suggestion is to transfer some power from his ultimate to his passive which is ridiculous (it could just be a E passive right now). The bonus AD on his ultimate has to be taken away, this makes no sense, 300 bonus range and piercing attacks are good enough.
My Idea is to add on his passive, something like Shyvana's W, each auto attack procs the damages of the passive. And to synergize with this, I would also add that 1 auto attack under ultimate put the 6 stacks of passive instantly.
Now let me compare this rework with the current Twitch.
1 / At level 6 without any full item
- Current Twitch : his ultimate gives him 20 AD, which means 12-16 actual damages per attack. It also buffs the E's damages.
- Reworked Twitch : his first attack with ultimate put max passive stacks on the target, then every attack deals 2*6 = 12 additional true damages. E damages are not buffed but the additional damages still proc after the end of the ultimate.
So it is a little nerf when he uses his ultimate, but the additional true damages also proc without ulimate with the rework, it just takes longer to stack passive. So I think overall it's about as good. But the big difference is more in the late game, where the current Twitch his ridiclously broken.
2 / At level 18 with IE and high crit chance
- Current Twitch : his ultimate gives him 40 AD, which means 100 bonus damage per attack because of crits. Then it depends on the ennemy's armor. It buffes E as well. AND he has more lifesteal !!! Very important point because sometimes he just has to stand still and shoot, healing so much that you can't take him down.
- Reworked Twitch : with 6 passive stacks, every attack deals an additional 30 true damages which is not bad at all but at least it doesn't buff E and lifesteal. He doesn't need ultimate to deal more damage though, the main use of it being the bonus range and piercing attaks.
Let me know what you think is not good with this rework, thanks.