[Feature Request] "Allow Ally Assist Move"

Omnidon·3/13/2015, 7:40:47 PM·2 votes·223 views

Much attention has recently been spent on adding more dedicated supports and support-related gameplay, which is great.

However, there appears to be one important ability theme that is somewhat lacking from the game currently -- abilities that directly affect the location or control of allied champions. The reason for this is obvious: In pub matches it would be extremely annoying to have people constantly teleporting your character around the lane without your permission.

A notable exception to this is KalistaKalista's ultimate, which verifies your willingness to be forcibly moved around through the item 3599Black Spear dynamic. However, I think this sort of ability should be made available to other characters (both existing and new) by adding an interface toggle button (and associated hotkey) that toggles on/off the "Allow Ally Assist Move" feature. Toggling it off would prevent allies from moving your champion with their abilities so that you can't be trolled by annoying pubbers, while still allowing for movement-oriented support champions to be added to the game. A checkbox for it could also be included in the game options to set the default value.

Examples of existing champions this could be useful for are SingedSinged, who could Fling snared allies out of danger, and TwistedFateTwisted Fate, who could target allies with Destiny to swap places with them. KalistaKalista could even be changed so that item 3599Black Spear no longer requires consent but binds automatically when targeted at an ally.

As for new abilities, I would love to see a new dedicated support champion who had some normal ability similar to KalistaKalista's ultimate that moved allies out of danger without the knock-up component. Another example would be an ability that turns the ally into an incorporeal ghost, making them untargetable and allowing them to move through walls while preventing them from attacking for the duration.

To summarize, I think this feature would greatly enrich the teamwork side of the game, allow some more utility for support champions in general, and add a large variety of new potential support abilities for upcoming champions.

2 Comments

Astral Zephyroro3/13/2015, 8:11:59 PM1 votes

The issue behind that would be the insane amounts of mobility your giving to a champion role (most likely ADC). That kind of mobility would have to be very fine and carefully tuned, and I honestly do not see a way to incorporate it without some major design upsets. An Assassin that can now jump walls at will with the help of the support is a scary thought. An ADC that can dive and then flash+assisted teleport out the way would be another thorn to carefully nip. I like the idea, I just do no know how it could possibly be implemented and still be healthy