By minigames, I mean like Skarner's passive, Fiora's vitals, Gangplank's barrels, those kinds of things. Do they make the game more fun and interesting, or are they just a pain in the butt to deal with?
I'm interested to hear the opinions.
Moesnd2 votesOnes like skarner and gangplank are good. Illaoi... Its just cancerous and annoying
DrCyanide1 votesIllaoi's isn't a game, it's a timeout chair. You go sit in the corner and wait until you're uncursed before you can play with the other champions.
Erockandroll2 votesYes, when designed right.
The Mini games are designed to introduce meaningful choices for champs, while implementing Counter play to there kits.
It seems like a discussion about the new champs. But everyone's favorite executioner had a juggling minigame long before minigames were cool.
But where mini game design goes wrong, can sometime lie in the Execution. Fiora's vitals seem like a good idea, but if she can proc them too reliably, then it doesn't really add significant counterplay. (And we know it doesn't have a counter build either.) The other problem, which is more of a health problem than a counterplay problem. If a champion's mini game becomes so Obtuse that player's go "We didn't sign up for this." Which is a main case for Global minigames such as Skarner's passive. Or Illaoi, Her mini game has tons of counterplay, (kill the tentacles) but doing that, along side with interacting with the Spirit, is what people really hate.
Best KhaZix Void1 votesi think the more well integrated the "minigame" is, the better it is for the champion specifically and it adds depth to gameplay as well.
Like, Kha'Zix has a minigame with his Q but it's not obnoxious or intrusive and opens the game up around him more than if he simply just had a targeted nuke as did a middle point between isolation damage and regular.
Bonipherus1 votesI like GP's barrels and the minigame revolved around the last hit... but the minigame is lost when you already have a barrel too far away for me to hit or one which is hidden from sight while simultaneously setting another down right in front of me. There's no way I can hit that new barrel 3 times before you auto that first barrel to blow up the one in my face.
Fiora, I believe, may simply be too frustrating with her far too forgiving parry, slow, and constant lunges to actually appreciate her minigame atm.
Draven still has a fun minigame though.
AvatarRoku221 votesnot going to vote because this is an issue for individual champs. Skarners for example is complete shit. While gangplanks is pretty cool.
