Suggestion: Make Self-Targetable Spells Cast on Self by Default When Targeting Nothing

Teridax68··2 votes·610 views

^Title.

Basically, the premise is that if, as a champion with a spell you can use on yourself (e.g. Kayle with her heal, Nunu with his Blood Boil, Mordekaiser with Creeping Death, various shield champions, etc.), you cast that spell while very clearly not targeting any valid unit (i.e. there's an obvious distance between your cursor and the nearest valid unit), you should cast that spell on yourself by default, or at least have the option to do so automatically. I feel this could optimize clicking and cursor-moving, especially in heated fights where it can be somewhat difficult to target yourself when focusing on the action farther away. With the upcoming changes to Nunu and Morde, I feel it would also help optimize those spells, where activating them on the fly would automatically buff yourself and a nearby ally.

Note: This isn't about reducing champion difficulty, even in the case of champions like Kayle or Nunu, who have relatively simple mechanics. Rather, I think this would optimize the use of those abilities by making them less cumbersome to cast in some situations. Point-and-click abilities tend to not be the best place to showcase the greatest amount of skill either, so if some champions would become too simple with this change I think that would say more about them than about this particular suggestion.

4 Comments

Kingsgrave5 votes

There is a key binding for that, just do that instead.

Karlyr2 votes

Plus, if you misclick your ally and click nothing, you would hit yourself with the ability instead of having a second try to click on him ?

Fredart4 votes

Think how much rage that would cause when a kayle ults herself at full hp.

Teridax681 votes

I know, but the above would do in one button press what you'd usually need two button presses to do.

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