Mandrake Ward

Jarrito232··1 votes·816 views

Mandrake Ward 50G Click to Consume: Places an invisible blind sentry in a brush for 5 minutes. The plant will ping the map if a visible or invisible enemy enemy is within 900 range. (Counts as a Stealth Ward) (May only carry 3 Stealth Wards at a time.)

I feel like this item would hurt junglers early game hard. Ganking would become useless and power farmers would start to get too powerful in game. While it seems nice for mid and early game with the increased range, but with no real vision, it would hit junglers too hard in the early game. For example, junglers like Kha'Zix who rely on ganks for gold would become useless in-game because they can't get that early gold. Laning would become way too safe.

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Pæan2 votes

RIP Evelynn Shaco Why does it need to reveal invisi-units? :C

Jarrito2321 votes

It only pings when units are nearby. It doesn't reveal them or provide sight whatsoever. Despite that it gives a fair warning for early ganks so that the enemy can back off. On the other hand it could be used to make the enemy laner back off from going all in by going in range of the ward, giving your laner a chance to get away.

Pæan1 votes

As long as it pings a unit, especially a stealthed unit that will make it rough to Q-juke people as Shaco. Especially since it lasts 5 minutes, that negates an early Shaco invade if placed properly, but then again I'm not in super high elo so people wont really know how to use it properly and will probably place it somewhere useless.

Skia Asteri2 votes

http://boards.pbe.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/champions-gameplay-feedback/Gvu9AMil-experimental-wip-217-mandrake-ward?show=nested

Seems to have been changed to 35 gold cost and only lasts 2 minutes now. See second page in chronological view for a bit about this item and Evelynn .

DualTwin1 votes

Im confused, did you come up with this, or is this a thing?

Shadow Gilgamesh1 votes

It just showed up on the PBE, so it's almost a thing

DrCyanide1 votes

Except with these new items Riot has been extra clear to say "These probably won't make it, they're just ideas".

Jarrito2321 votes

Its under testing on the PBE currently. It most likely come out this next patch, but Riot wants to see if it'll work well with the game.

Arcade Andrew1 votes

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Its under testing on the PBE currently. It most likely come out this next patch, but Riot wants to see if it'll work well with the game.

thank god a new ward that pings THANK GOD NOW NOBODY CAN SAY I DIDNT PING MIA

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