@Riot Class Update Team: What's your plan for divers?

6Sfool·1/12/2017, 3:47:27 PM·3 votes·584 views

With the new Warwick Rework coming, and Camille being what I assume is the first modern diver, I'm getting curious what you plan for the rest of the divers. Specifically with Warwick, his identity was kept the same but I feel that his niche has shifted dramatically, making him another hypermobile utility champion like Hecarim. I imagine that there will be others that have that shift in niche, especially the diving fighters. I know that you can't just post their reworked kits at this stage, but I would love if you posted some idea of the scope and direction you plan to change most of them. I took the list from the champion subclass list and thought I'd try and guess the scope of each.

Need full GU's or VGU's Xin Zhao- Does nothing but autoattack Aatrox- His kit is not as simple as old ww or xin xao, but functionally he still just jumps in, stands there, and autos whoever he can reach. He also needs something dramatic to make him appeal more to players. Pantheon- His kit is all over the place. It's a weird combination of poke and all-ins. It works, but it's not really cohesive.

Need better fighting patterns, 1 or 2 ability changes Nocturne- He has lackluster sticking power. His most successful playstyle is to one-shot with ult, q, and hydra, making all his movement speed bonuses pointless. Vi- Great initiator, but her fighting is way too straightforward. Jarvan- He has a full kit, but most of his abilities just stack with each other- not synergize. He has no need for a slow within his ult. Evelynn- Her entire kit is based on the idea of sneaking up on people and deleting them at melee range. She needs more interesting abilities. Diana- She jumps in, wombos everyone, and that's about it. Her abilities need to be a little more meaningful and deliberate in all-ins.

Mostly fine as is. Wukong Renekton Elise Hecarim Lee Sin Irelia

Is this close to what you're going for? I know it's too early to say with certainty, but I'd really like to hear an update on your plans for a class that has so much potential to be awesome.

4 Comments

Rewt1/12/2017, 5:30:38 PM1 votes

Personally i like panth, but his e...... the passive is incredible, but the active is actually shit unless you max it first to be a lane bully. Panth just needs a minor rework tweak which would change the active on the E.

Aatrox. I see what you mean but honestly he has a lot of depth you just need to learn it. His depth isnt easily found on the surface level of the champ. Also Aatrox falls into the catagory of Knowledge based champions (here in my garage with my new lamborghini, but do you know what i like more than materia..........) His mechanics arent super difficult, but he is based around bloodwell management, switching between w modes on the fly and knowing your limits. so as many people think aatrox is terrible, if you take the time to learn him he can be almost unstoppable. Why people think he is bad is because he cant be picked up and instantly become freelo like when he was first released.

Vi....... well.... yea.. she is just kinda dumb. honestly tho she has some good mechanics like auto cancelling with the e to make the W proc faster.

To be fair tho a lot of champions have meh kits. The idea is that if you made every champ have some crazy interesting kit they would be horribly overloaded and not really an enjoyable experiance

Mordepool1/12/2017, 7:14:44 PM1 votes

I hope they do an announcement video with Holy Diver by Dio playing as the intro