PLEASE REMOVE DELAY ON DARIUS AXE SWING

SeriousH9·8/20/2015, 9:57:32 AM·1 votes·1,141 views

It completely, absolutely destroys his gameplay. I have no idea why you guys would add this to him. It is so easily kite-able now. It does not synergise well at all with his gameplay. Now he cannot be built in any way other than a tank. There is no real way to bully in lane reliably.

The axe swing was his primary form of harassment. Now, due to the delay, there is no reliable way to harass. Add to the fact if you don't have 40ms of latency, it makes it even harder to land.

You had the freedom to play Darius in so many different ways, and now he is just absolutely not dynamic.

Please, please, please revert his axe swing without the delay. It was his bread and butter. He literally plays like a completely different hero now, and one that I can't see out laning anyone.

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SeriousH98/20/2015, 10:08:45 AM2 votes

I know that every patch you get people complaining about this or that. But seriously - Darius's axe swing is his central spell. It allows him to reliably harass while escaping, while engaging, it gives him range, and allows him to be played in many different ways. You can go tank, off-tank, bruiser, even assassin.

But now, due to the delay, there is no reliable way to play him except as a tank. He is completely demolished as a dynamic hero.

If you remove the delay on his axe swing, it allows people to continue to play him in many different roles. He isn't like Garen in that his position is majority tank. He is one of the most enjoyable heroes to play with because of being dynamic, and now he is just totally restricted to one position.

Tranquilis8/20/2015, 9:59:28 AM1 votes

I see these threads and giggle because most people (myself included) can see that new Darius is the most overpowered of the juggernauts.

SeriousH98/20/2015, 10:12:28 AM1 votes

Anyways. I've said my part. I'm aware getting any reasonable discourse out of these sorts of discussions is hard on these boards - you get aggressive and demeaning responses from people like this tranquilis guy, who I'm sure are the primary clients RIOT caters to since these same people are the ones likely to buy skins to compensate for general insecurity.

But just once, for the sake of producing a quality product, try to take this seriously and don't destroy one of the coolest champs in the game. Just remove the delay on the axe swing. It's like adding a delay on Garen's spin. By the time it triggers, they are long gone anyways.

MLDzXnRRR8/20/2015, 10:40:54 AM1 votes

It was impossible to play vs Darius as melee champion. Why do you complain?