@Riot Games - Nimbus Cloak is Still The Best Alternative? Really?

Vanjie·5/16/2018, 9:05:44 PM·1 votes·718 views

> [New] Nimbus Cloak (S2) > [Back for more testing!] > > Takes place of The Ultimate Hat > Effect: > > "Shortly after casting your Ultimate ability, gain a decaying movement speed increase that lasts for 3s and allows you to pass through units. > > Increase: 100 Movement Speed > Cooldown: 60s, reduced by Cooldown Reduction"

A serious question , why do we have another movement speed enhancing rune? Sorcery already has Phase Rush, Water Walking and now Nimbus Cloak? Don't you think it is already overloaded with watered down runes and Keystone masteries that increase movement speed? Isn't there anything else more unique and exciting you can come up with than just another movement speed enhancing mechanic in the tree? I cannot believe you are allowing this to go through.

Let's also add that Fleet Footwork, Predator, Relentless Hunter, and Time Warp Tonic all increase movement speed. So every tree has one movement speed altering mechanic, but the Sorcery Tree has three now. Are you telling me the only way this tree can become relevant is if it has three movement speed altering mechanic? You really cannot come up with anything better that replaces Ultimate Hat?

You added a two keystone masteries to two other trees . . . and what a coincidence . . it's one for the ADC role that can already abuse almost all the keystone masteries. Is Sorcery going to get a new Keystone mastery soon? Is Nimbus Cloak really the best option you guys can come up with in terms of a rune that replaces Ultimate Hat? Don't you think the Sorcery tree is already loaded with movement speed?

It just seems like you have all the great ideas for one tree but you completely ignore another one. For a company that makes millions of dollars and has some of the best creative minds working for it, all you can come up with is another movement speed enhancing mechanic in a tree that already has a boat load of them?

4 Comments

D357R0Y3R5/16/2018, 9:10:38 PM2 votes

Swain

Oleandervine5/16/2018, 9:14:31 PM1 votes

You forgot Celerity. It's also in Sorcery. This makes Sorcery the only tree I can think of where a solid 3rd of the rune options matter very little to most of the main class that's intended to use it.

Doge20205/16/2018, 9:43:37 PM1 votes

This could be a little bit good on champs that need that MS boost to get to a target. Shyvanna with this rune sounds viable to me in theory. After completing the dash from Dragon’s Decent you get a small MS boost that can help you escape from somebody or catch up to a low target.

ManBearPyg6/1/2018, 2:31:23 AM1 votes

I think it would be great with a number of champs....like @D357R0Y3R pointed out, swain would benefit from this. Morgama, Gnar, Karma, Singed, Fiddlesticks, Kennan, Talon, Rakan, Twisted Fate, Thresh, Bard, Wu Kong, etc. Would also make a Sivir impossible to catch.

I might be way off, but I think those champs, as well as others, would have great synergy with nimbus. Thoughts?

Plus Sion would look hilarious.