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@Meddler. I don't think Cass was the right champion to give grounded too

C9 Scott Free ·7/3/2016, 2:03:43 AM·5 votes·701 views

I had a Cass flash ult me and I actually had the reflex to turn around and not get stunned. She drops miasma right on me though so then I can't use any escape spells and her jungler dove me too. And that happens at any point. A champion that builds Rylais should not also be able to straight up deny any spell chance for escape especially if you manage to outplay the ult. Especially considering the fact that is huge and comes out instantly. Maybe it was just jungle synergy but I definitely feel like her W has a larger scale impact and influence than her ult even because there is not outplaying the cass w you just walk away while getting slowed and chunked for tons of damage

TLDR Grounded allows Cass to get away with being outplayed on ult which is something that players that outplay/manage to dodge the flash ult shouldn't be getting screwed over anyways with. PLus the miasma seems insane when I see it in pro play.

9 Comments

Nahui7/3/2016, 2:12:07 AM5 votes

The problem is that without grounding, mobility completely kills her. They are trying to cut back on mobility (Veigar, Poppy, Taliyah, and now Cass). She's always been a champion that's feast or famine in the sense of "Land Q, live. Miss, die." However, she'd miss more often than hit. Now, on a hefty CD, she can prevent dashes at a certain range.

Oleandervine7/3/2016, 2:10:59 AM3 votes

She's an immobile mage who only had her ult to effectively stop her targets from getting away before she could actually do anything to them. Grounded merely gives her another tool to help her better work around those champions that like to abuse their absurd amounts of mobility. If any champ needed Grounded, she did. This mechanic would be overly strong on any champion that is remotely mobile and capable of dashing in and grounding targets while it and the team ruins them.

Valor Bot7/3/2016, 2:36:51 AM2 votes

I don't think it's fair to say that there's no way of outplaying Cass's W. You can still use mobility to cross over it or dodge the zone.

Mooninites7/3/2016, 3:52:03 AM1 votes

Cassiopeia is in a pretty good spot right now I don't think Miasma is a problem.

You seem to indicate that miasma is the problem, but have a problem with the entire grounding mechanic. I think grounding is a fine mechanic, it's probably necessary in a game that has had such severe mobility creep since season 1, especially for completely immobile mage.

Remember cassiopeia can't build boots and has no mobility of her own. Her movement thresholds are level 7 and level 12; removing the grounding effect from miasma would actually destroy her