A theory about blinks changing

Glowshtick··9 votes·1,162 views

So I was sitting on the toilet today after winning an easy match on ranked tonight, and I began to think about the next patch. After a bit I realized something. Katarina, Talon, and Warwick are (pretty much) confirmed for a rework, amoung others. I also realized all 3 of these champions interestingly enough have very unpredictable, yet kind of generic, blinks. Katarina's shunpo Katarina , Talon's cutthroat Talon , and Warwick's Infinite Duress Warwick , all just kind of jump on the enemy with no real cosmetic effect; they're all pretty much cast at 1 frame. What's more is, out of all of the blinks, they're also the only ones that do this, even leblanc's distortion has those little marks on the ground for cosmetic, while the others don't. Put these things together, and these reworks MIGHT be gearing up to make these blinks for the rework more flashy and flattering to the eye. Maybe katarina will get her portals like in the cinematic or something for her shunpo:

https://i.makeagif.com/media/9-22-2016/jz1VDo.gif

Sorry it's choppy gif maker is not my friend.

So, my question is, is this something we would want? It feels like it might increase the frames needed to get those flashy effects in there after the cast, resulting in a slower burst. Would it make the champion's significantly weaker at all? Would it be worth it? Do you think it'll happen after their reworks? What do you guys think?

8 Comments

Warlord Zudane3 votes

You wouldn't need to change the blink at all to give it some visual effects. Simply add the visual effect right before moving or have it appear on the ground when the blink happens. Even a gaudy 10 frame flashing effect could be put in without modifying when the movement actually happens.

Maximum Morde1 votes

Is this seconds per frame?

aLawfulFalafel2 votes

seconds per frame?

what is your fps? 0.5?

Arakadia1 votes

LOL

Glowshtick1 votes

kek

ChaddyFantome1 votes

Talon and Katarina both have visual effects. They are just quick. Warwick on the other hand just kinda appears on you I agree,

Hinagiku331 votes

If you mean "these instant blinks will be given casting times (with animations to match) and will no longer be instant" then I think you might be right.

Riot wants to increase the window where someone can react to Kat and Talon jumping onto them. Putting in a flashy animation and even a 0.25 sec casting time (or something close to Kassadin's Rift Walk animation/timing) would give better reaction time to their targets. If even a slightly delay was added to 1 or more skills in their combo - like making Kat use her auto-attack at least once to proc Q - it would probably be enough to lengthen their combo time to where Riot wants it.

...but this might make Kat completely worthless. A big, flashy particle effect that says "please aim all CC here" and gives her targets a half second to do so would pretty much neuter her ult and render her borderline unplayable. Here's hoping Riot gives her something to fall back on since she brings nothing to the team but easily-interrupted damage currently.

Unless Riot really wants her to be a tank assassin after all...

Glowshtick1 votes

Maybe she'll dodge things during her ult like Jax's E Jax Wouldn't that be fun. Ami right.

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