An Item That Prevents Untargetability

Wildlash2·6/19/2016, 2:44:13 PM·2 votes·673 views

Imagine an item with an active component that prevents the affected enemy champion from going untargetable for a period of time.

Fizz could still use his E, but he would be able to take damage. The same idea holds for Vlad's pool and Maokai's gap closer (I don't know what it is called)

Two immediate problems are zeds R, yi's Q, and elise's W animations, since they all show the character disappearing from the screen.

This was something I thought of while playing against vlad today.

I think it would make a fun addition to these matchups, but perhaps the item should be meant for tanks, so it doesn't leave the above champions useless in laning phase.

What do y'all think? Post your additions/suggestions/comments ^_^

16 Comments

LostFr0st6/19/2016, 2:47:54 PM3 votes

I don't think it's an item i'd like in the game. It invalidates a champ's kit to the point that they need to be overtuned to make them playable when the item is bought. That's also the reason why they changed QSS, so one would hope they wouldn't re-introduce such item counters.

OurLestrade6/19/2016, 2:45:31 PM1 votes

I think that's a bit silly.

Hypersonic6/19/2016, 3:37:20 PM1 votes

couldn't be any more broken than 'after a short duration while dying, you come back to life (300 second cooldown)'

EcchiOtakuTM6/19/2016, 4:06:55 PM1 votes

Sorry but no, what SHOULD happen is all untargetable abilities count as dash/blinking thus cassio would be a direct counter (which she already is vs Fizz, Maokai, Yi.

I'm not sure if it works for vlad/elise though but all unforgettables need to count as dashes.

SwiftKitten886/19/2016, 4:14:40 PM1 votes

umm its certainly an interesting idea.. but I' not really for it... first off it would be hard to implement..

would it be a passive aoe around you? because it its a damaging effect then they could just become untargetable to avoid the ability that makes them untargetable.

if it were to work it would either have to be a AOE around you or a debuff to your ability such as "grievous wounds" works now.

even then it would effect so few champion it it would be so specialized, it would be worthless in most games an a requirement in others.

no to mention the fact that you would likely need to re-code EVERY champ that uses an untargetable ability to then become targeting from this item.

when considering all of these factors.. the complexity of designing the item, the item being so specialized vs only certain champs, the unlessness vs all other champs,, and crazy amount of re-coding that would need to be involved on multiple champion and the items iteself.

while an interesting idea.. it isn't well thought out, and i think it would be a very bad idea

Abyssphere6/19/2016, 4:15:48 PM1 votes

Can I ask you for who do you think the item would "make a fun addition to these matchups"? Because I don't think champions like Fizz and Yi are going to enjoy having their kit randomly stop working. It's the exact same principal as the pink ward vs stealth issue except arguably more extreme.

Riot are never going to make an item that shuts down untargetability like this because most of the champions with it fall apart completely without it.