I think Riot is shifting the gameplay to be more mobile.
Looking over at Kindred's abilities and the abilities of recent champs (both new and reworked) I'm noticing a lot of mobility. Even
's W is somewhat mobile, as is
's headbutt (If he needs to hit an enemy to use it, well so does
's E).
And I don't think that's bad.
Now I don't support the mobility of
. I like playing her, but I will admit it's crazy. Besides that champion I think the mobility additions help make the game more fun, with the downside of playing against them as nonmobile champs. But if Riot does rework those immobile champions, they may add mobility or anti-mobility abilities. Tanks are suppose to have some form of CC after all, but the Sion rework gave him a mobile ultimate. It's an ultimate and it's made for initiating teamfights, that is true. But We've all had that moment where we've played or fought against a Sion who used their ult to run away. Of the juggernauts, Garen and Skarner got a big increase in mobility, not fully sure on Darius. And Mordekasier...let's not talk about Mordekasier.
's ult is a global taxi and he can store a party member in his stomach for safe keeping.
has a global ult for map presence. If she has enough tunnels then she's pretty freaking mobile.
has mobility built into his freaking passive.
Q away from everything.
and
ults are very mobile from what I understand.
is god damn Master Yi.
Even Olaf's ult now gives him movement speed.
I'm probably playing at loose strings here. But I bet that many champions (old and new) will gain some form of mobility. The only exception I can think of are immobile mages. They'd probably be filled with heavy CC and damage to shoot at you from a safe distance.
Can mobility be abused? Yes. Ask every
'god', ask everyone who plays mid against
, and just browse the forums for a hate thread on
or
. I bet you'll find one in less than 10 minutes.
But if everyone has some form of mobile or anti mobile ability, then all we need to do is adapt to the change. Know when and when not to CC. I still suck at that, I freely admit that I am not a great player in that regard because I keep failing to CC
(I hate Alpha Strike like a low health
hates
). I'm excited for what kinds of mobility old champions might get. I heard someone suggest turning
's W into a skill shot slam, which would be pretty cool. Would love to go through walls like
.
I'm probably wrong, only time will tell.
Edit: If this does happen, I hope they remove
. Because there is no reason to not take it.