Aery balance thoughts
I simply find it weird when some champions that don't have any way to apply Aery's shielding component, still take Aery and it works well with them as a cheese strat. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that champions can take it purely as an offensive tool (especially since it's in the Sorcery tree and no one said it's support-exclusive), but considering the damage nerfs it received I just feel like it may be too hard or weird to balance.
Thus came my idea: Two Aeries! A blue, defensive Aery and a red, offensive Aery *-*. You can change your Aery type at any stage of the game in the fountain, but you'll never be able to use both at once. Options it opens:
- Balance the "offensive Aery" in a way that really will be appealing to DPS damage dealers (especially Battle Mages, since Meteor doesn't work well with them and RIP Deathfire Touch).
- Allow supports to opt into early offense with the red Aery, and later change into the blue one when they need to protect their team.
- Easier to balance since you can only use one at a time.