New J4 ult's experimental ult changes needs 2 more additional changes

BeatzBoyFTW··1 votes·1,178 views

To anyone who doesn't know wtf I'm talking about, JarvanIV currently has some experimental changes in PBE right now:

Jarvan IV

[NOTE: ricklessabandon describes these as experimental.]

  • Dragon Strike (Q) mana cost reduced to 40/45/50/55/60 from 45/50/55/60/65 Cataclysm (R)
  • Mana cost reduced to 100 at all ranks from 100/125/150
  • Now does damage to all enemies in the circle instead of only target.
  • Now plants a flag he can Q to in the middle of the circle.

And so, here are my 2 proposal of changes to add:

#1) Base damage needs to be nerfed, but deals bonus damage if the ring traps only 1 enemy champion

Note that this new ult in PBE does not involves any damage number changes, and because of this, AD J4 will become a true nightmare for anyone going against him, or to shorten it, fighting against an AD ult version of AP Malphite. No one likes having his own squishy team being one shot by a single J4 ult, assuming they're immobile as fk & pretty easy to get caught out.

Counting to that base damage nerf, J4 can still utilize his ult as a pure "Fight me 1v1 with honor" pose by boldly using his ult to deal bonus damage against the target, of whom will be trapped alone to deal with the Prince of Demacia.

TL:DR He can either use his ult to trap tons of enemies with minimal damage, or use his ult on a single target(mostly a fed one) if he's brave enough to counteract the fed enemy's attack.

#2) Visual Updates

It's been quite a long time since J4 was released, and only about last year he has a texture update on his in-game model. However, his attacks seems kind of plain.

  • Each of his AA needs to show out his honor & dignity in every swing (as in after he swings one AA, his animation stays there for a while, just like Yasuo's), instead of his original AA pose being nothing more than bitch-slapping his opponents.

  • His W could use more clarity instead of looking ass if he popped a yellow balloon out of his body.

  • His R sounds & visuals needs to look & sound more powerful & destructive, especially if his experimental changes goes through successfully. His current one looks kind of thin & wussy.

Poll vote below, and yes, I don't mind people who disagrees with this. I'm only giving out my opinions about it.

2 Comments

HoukagoFapTime1 votes

I mean yeah i would love them but we all know they're not gonna do it. That's almost a mini-visual update.

Knight Devout1 votes

Not to pop your (golden) balloon, but I think that the effort to upgrade auto attack animations and W would pretty much mean a VU of some sort. Which is something that J4 could need, because of the criticality you analyzed (animations being disappointing or missing), but I don't know how j4 compares to other champs that also need it.

Things have become more streamlined with the champ update team, so I wouldn't expect any surprise update like with Garen. I'd really appreciate it tho.

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