Banshees on long range mages will be a problem at some point

HateDaddy·May 12, 2017·3 votes·587 views

The counterplay to these long range mages is supposed to be their immobility and being prone to being engaged on. Banshees removes that weakness because these champions typically will be difficult to even pop the shield off in the first place. These champions already can be fairly difficult to engage on due to their long range and giving them the banshees shield will make that a bit more problematic. i like that banshees got a niche pick-up option but I'm not sure this is the correct way to go about it.

11 Comments

RalanrMay 12, 20172 votes

Oh boy, Xerath and Veigar are going to be a bitch to fight.

Meep ManMay 12, 20171 votes

PennsMay 12, 20172 votes

Mages? Op? U must be trolling, obviously melee assassins will abuse it kappa

RexxieeMay 12, 20171 votes

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Mages? Op? U must be trolling, obviously melee assassins will abuse it kappa

Fizz is broken with it wtf nerf his base damage into oblivion 4Head.

PennsMay 12, 20171 votes

And he gets buffed on pbe too wtf WutFace

ScissorsNstuffMay 12, 20171 votes

this might be more true if cdr wasn't so abundant. But more than likely they do need to just take the AP down to like 50. As a matter of fact, they should remove the AP scaling and give banshee's veil an "on ability contact" effect like with item 3285 or item 3116 . It would be nice if it combed with item 3151 to do more noticeable anti-hp-stacking now that we've got champs hitting over 10k hp (or so I hear)

NahuiMay 12, 20171 votes

I think the idea was to change mid from being "Who can unload their kit first" to "Who can properly weave correct spells in at right times." I don't like the new changes either, mostly because I play assassins so to see every AD build GA and every AP build Banshees really just ruins my game, but for a while now, squishies have been getting demolished often because they get hit my a stray CC out of nowhere and have no answer after that. This will force enemies to decide how they want to break the spell shield, instead of sejuani charging in and throwing her bola for a guaranteed kill, or syndra force pushing a ball into your face and ending your life before you can say fuck. It is the tank meta right now, so they're trying to elongate games so I'd just go with it and build them on ADs and APs since going full squishy, even as a hyper carry mid, won't work as well anymore.