Roaming is not a Unique Mechanic

How you roam though is. Unfortunately Quinn got the short end of the stick due to the many global and roam mechanics we've gotten in the game. When reworking Quinn I think the roam identity should be completely dropped.

1. Roaming isn't a unique mechanic. Literally any champion in the game can roam just by walking around the map mid laner walks bot, top laner goes mid, bot lane goes top. Other champions have more interesting ways to roam like Shen, Aurelion Sol, Corki, Evelynn, Kha'Zix, Taliyah, Twisted Fate, Ryze, Galio, Talon. All of them have unique mechanics to their roaming for the most part but Quinn's is just bonus movement speed.

2. It's a hard to balance mechanic. A lot of these champions with kits specific to roaming have had many balance implications. Twisted Fate way back in the day. Taliyah when she could clear the whole wave level 1 and just go bot lane 24/7. Corki right now being a pretty good lane bully while also having great roam potential. Galio super strong laning with a arguably better version of Shen ult. Shen because Shen. And the list goes on. By creating a roam based champion Riot needs to give the champion the ability to roam. This means high damage to wave clear, mobility to roam AND crowd control to make sure the roams work out. You put all these mechanics on a champion and you're bound to get some people complaining about them. And note all the roam champions I've listed have been complained about a bunch. Evelynn might be exceptions because she does not have CC, same with the new Ryze.

3. Roaming needs to be made distinct from other champions. All the champions I've listed have unique ways in which they roam, the biggest similarity is with Shen and Galio but both of them have pretty different play styles that make up for it. Also Galio can be played better with divers while Shen is better for protecting that one squishy. Riot having created all these unique roam mechanics has left Quinn with a really boring ult that is just movement speed.

4. Quinn's roaming is the least interesting out of all the reworks. This relates back to the previous point, sure she is distinct but she's also the most dull when it comes to roaming. Old Quinn could roam and had good roams but it wasn't core to her theme, it was just something you could do if you were smart about using Tag Team. Tag Team had more restrictions placed on it and more strategy behind the ability. The new ultimate has little strategy behind it other than basic game knowledge. The ability has no cooldown and is on permanently until you cancel it meaning you don't gotta worry about losing the ability unless combat. It also made for pretty toxic interactions as we've seen with lethality Quinn, roaming mid than going straight back to lane with little repercussion, relates back to the second point on hard to balance. Overall it's unhealthy.

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