Shouldn't Riot be trying to nerf Flash or buff the other summoners? Flash is used on almost everyone all the time, and I don't think Riot is doing anything to stop it. Even if a character has a Flash-like ability (
etc.), they still should use Flash 99% of the time. So why is Flash so special as to be the most viable one?
Critmaster Garen2 votesthey should outright replace flash with a properly balanced version of mark/dash.
make it less reliable as an all purpose summoner. you can still pull off flashy plays and engages, but its harder to use to escape. (though not impossible if used on minions and monsters).
would finally bring it in line with other summoners.
TurquoiseYoshi1 votesI would actually like to see that. I highly doubt it would happen, but it would be cool to see anything other than Flash as a summoner.
Beddlam2 votesPeople have been talking about this since season 1. There used to be constant calls to remove flash. Because it is such a high-impact spell though, the entire game has been balanced around it, and without it many champs would need major adjustments. They also can't make the other summoners powerful enough to compete with flash without needing balance changes throughout the game. Just look at what happened when challenging smite became good enough that a small group of champions were willing to take it instead of flash: it was immediately nerfed. It's not a perfect parallel, because cinderhulk was a big part of that equation as well, but two of the enhanced smites have been nerfed this season despite the fact that neither had the impact of flash. Flash is unbalanced, but it has been so unbalanced for so long and the whole game has been built on that imbalance, and removing or changing it would cause a domino effect.
TurquoiseYoshi1 votesYou are correct on all of this, I just personally don't like it. Summoner spell balance just seems weird. Like, why is {{summoner:2}} still a thing?