Shaco is impossible to balance

Talisid·12/10/2016, 8:48:34 PM·2 votes·1,004 views

Blink/Teleport movement is one of the most powerful mechanics in the entire game. There's a very good reason why only one ADC is allowed to have a blink Ezreal , all the rest end up having a dash. They turned Talon's blink into a dash during his rework too. There have been very few champions released in the last few years that have blink abilities, almost all of them have dashes instead. You only really need to look at how summoner 4 is taken almost universally on every champion to realize how powerful it is. Even the few champions that are allowed to have blink, most of them have to have a target, like Katarina . Shaco's long ranged unrestricted blink is extraordinarily powerful.

Thanks to the change from Pink wards to Red, Stealth is now also one of the most powerful mechanics in the game. There are very few ways to really deal with it. Now we have two of the most powerful mechanics in LoL on a single ability. How is that ever going to be balanced?

Now I'm not saying that Riot did a good job with the Shaco changes, they clearly didn't, I'm just saying that Shaco's design heavily restricts how much power they can really give him and he clearly needs a full rework before he can be allowed to be strong. They can't even really nerf the blink or stealth on his Q because of the way any blink, no matter how short ranged it is, is inherently very powerful. Put Shaco's Q on any champion in the game and they'd instantly become super over powered (unless maybe they're already gutted). Shaco

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Touch My Box12/10/2016, 9:30:15 PM5 votes

Akali Ekko Elise Ezreal Fiddlesticks Kassadin Katarina Leblanc Lissandra MasterYi Ryze Shaco Warwick Yasuo Zed

All blink. Not Dash.

If blinking is so powerful why does Kassadin get it every 3 seconds?

People don't like Shaco being picked because he will only ever kill you after you make a mistake. He doesn't win 1v1 fights unless his enemy plays his game, There are some champs, like Warwick and Riven who just mash your face in with brute force and there isn't much you can do. Shaco is always at a disadvantage until you fall for his trap, be it his clone or box, or just lure you into his team. People do not like not having someone else to blame for dying, and against Shaco, you can only blame yourself for misplaying. His kit is designed to punish you for mistakes. His kit is nothing but mind game with pisspoor damage. His currently only viable build is filled with items that add damage, because his kit lacks it.

Big Lincoln12/10/2016, 9:35:40 PM3 votes

no he isn't, this is a lazy copout for a bad balance team

shaco's usefulness scales directly from player skill - people hate him because they get outplayed. He has no stat-check ability, no steroids that make him absurdly powerful at dueling, and he blows his only escape to get a kill -- he has to play smart to see results, otherwise he's just a suicide bomb.

WhaiiSoSerious12/10/2016, 9:34:51 PM2 votes

cringe worthy read.

ACENOX12/10/2016, 9:37:03 PM2 votes

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Blink/Teleport movement is one of the most powerful mechanics in the entire game.

k, no need to read more about this essay