League of Mobility...?

Zondervain·2/24/2015, 11:47:48 PM·7 votes·678 views

So as we all know, Riot has added an enormous amount of mobility on its last few champions, and there are a good number of other champs who have insane mobility as well. But, that is about to change with Bard and his E, Magical Journey. Picture this, it's hyper late game, your team has had fantastic dragon control all game, even though the rest of the match has been fairly even and are about to get the last dragon which will give you the edge you need. Then boom, the enemy lee sin jumps over, steals drag and then barely manages to ward jump away. Now, you can see on the mini-map that his team is elsewhere, warding, defending against minions, etc. Now, in the past your team (which, lets say, is composed of XinZhao top, Skarner jungle, Karthus mid, Draven adc, and Bard support) would have had no way of getting to the lee sin to punish him, as he is much more mobile than your team. Now? Bard uses his E, Magical Journey, and your team with its powerful pick potential has a much easier time punishing him for his transgressions.

To me, Bard is pretty close to perfect when it comes to mobility as it is used entirely for utility. Does he have damage? From what we've seen not really. (Now we won't know until he is released with numbers, but as of now we've got nothing.) Does he have innate tankiness? Not really. (Again, we'll need raw numbers.) But his utility? Passive gains of mana and exp, healing shrines that have movespeed, a one-way, universal wall jump, and a free, AoE item 3157 . (Also, no knock-up.) I love this champion because he shows that there are people who are listening to us at Riot Games. There are people who are trying to meet our requests. This isn't to say that some people haven't realised they've made... mistakes. (Darius ,Zyra ,Zed, Thresh ,Yasuo ,Kalista Bless his heart.) But it is a clear sign that Riot and it's designers ARE still listening.

2 Comments

MeesterMoo2/24/2015, 11:51:37 PM3 votes

slowly starts clapping

Kitten of Evil2/25/2015, 4:07:53 AM2 votes

THIS. I think he's perfect because everyone will have a bit of mobility. Now it will take two dashes rather than one to escape.