How to go about Removing Sightstone? (a "what if" post)

AHarmlessTaco··1 votes·641 views

I made a post a while back about changing how Sightstone worked and a number of people gave very mindful feedback. http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/Fj9RMhK2-support-vision-and-item-overhaul

Among the comments, and on the boards in general, is the idea of removing Sightstone altogether. I'm going to post a few ideas, but overall I would love any and all feedback/brainstorming that pertains to vision in a game without Sightstone. I'm not saying it needs to be removed, this is just a 'what if' post.

  • Remove Sightstone and Ruby Sightstone
  • Reduce the cooldown on Yellow trinket by ~10%.
  • Give supports trinket cooldown reduction on their GP5 items
  • New Alteration: Control Ward
  • Get rid of Farsight Alteration; give ADCs an item that has an Active that is the same as Farsight Alteration.
  • Replace the Warding Jungle item with a Sweeper Jungle item (or have both available)
  • Give Ardent Censer / Athene's a "recharge based on damage dealt" warding scheme with visible spooky ghost wards that chase people on ward death
  • Introduce an AP assassin item with Blackout (Duskblade passive)
  • Give Warmog's Armor some kind of vision tool to supplement its niche, even if just basic wards
  • Introduce a jungle roaming monster that is fast, but weak and leaves a vision spirit?

Those are just some ideas I have, but feel free to leave feedback, suggestions, brainstorms, etc! Thanks

2 Comments

Bob41311 votes

why would you want to remove it in the first place?

AHarmlessTaco1 votes

Well, first of all, I am not saying I WANT to remove it. However, a number of people have commented saying they don't like having to buy it because its so mandatory as a first item. I am simply making this post to brainstorm ideas of how to introduce more interesting vision options if Sightstone were to be removed.

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