Why did riot remove most buffs/heals/sheilds for minions?

MiIf Fortune··4 votes·615 views

Title they removed songs move speed affecting them, lulu shielding them, soraka healing them, and most recently and actually one that actually I used slot was karma shielding her minions. These all provided lane pushing but in the cost of fight pressure which I think was a nice choice and don't know why it was removed

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Chamuel851 votes

Lots of times it wouldn't be at a cost anyway since there was no fight going on (alone in lane, split pushing, siegeing) etc

xBushx1 votes

Mostly because denying CS at high levels can snowball advantages early in the bot lane. Or for champs like lulu who could push you to tower and screw your last hitting. It was seen as cheesing and uncounterable.

Fashion Mage2 votes

"Unintended shielding and healing minions is bad, but unintended ward hopping with abilities that are only supposed to target allies is A-OK! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs] "

Akali is SO HOT1 votes

Lee, Katarina, and Jax's ward hopping abilities aren't unintended

xBushx1 votes

As a Lee main. I approve lol.

When it comes to ward hoping Lee is the only one that makes true defining kit changes with the removal of his.

Katarina, Jax...are more cheese plays for escaping than setting up combos.

Feed Daddy1 votes

Do you realize how stupid Lee Sins laning used to be

xBushx1 votes

Yeah when he could shield minions he was OP as support. Still is OP as a support.

Oleandervine1 votes

Soraka was for an entirely different reason. If you're to heal your ADC or any other ally at the expense of your own HP, you don't want to fudge and accidentally heal a minion that ally is sitting on top of. That's why she can't heal minions anymore.

Terminus Edge1 votes

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If I recall, Ardent Censer worked on minions when it was first added.

Granted, it didn't grant on-hit damage like it does now, but increasing the attack speed of minions is still a fairly devious thing.

Luigi2171 votes

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