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Opinions on a counterspell mechanic?

Zenanii·1/3/2016, 3:40:14 PM·1 votes·532 views

A lot of silence spells (look at Talon, Kassadinm Leblanc) have been removed because they made the champions to oppressive to play against. While I don't really care about any of those champions (and certainly don't want to start any balance discussion on any of them) it got me thinking: how can you make silence-type ability without making it oppressive?

First of, I'll admit this idea is from Bloodline champions (credit where credit is due). But rather then completely removing your opponents ability to use abilities (ugh, I really wish I could think of another way to phrase that), what about:

Counterspell mechanic: Debuffs an enemy. The next spell an enemy casts within X seconds (or even ms) will be countered. It will still expend mana and go on cooldown but nothing will happen (think of it as a reverse Sivir spell shield).

So, would a mechanic like this have any place in LoL? Would it be possible for some assassins to have this sort of light CC without making them too oppressive?

4 Comments

disregardable1/3/2016, 3:41:33 PM1 votes

Like Fiora's Parry?

ThePartyLeader1/3/2016, 3:57:18 PM1 votes

Sounds infuriating to play against.

Ralanr1/3/2016, 4:02:34 PM1 votes

I once thought of a laser reflecting mechanic, but stopping an ability is frustrating enough. Sending it back and killing someone with their own ability (like a lux ult) would be beyond tilting.

Z Statistic1/3/2016, 4:12:02 PM1 votes

No, those were removed because they were point and click. Let's be perfectly clear: a silence vs a normal mage is significantly more detrimental than a Blind vs an ADC. For 99% of mages, being able to autoattack and move is significantly weaker than for ADC who simply can't hit people with their autos. Silence prevents item usage, SS usage, and active spell usage. Blind makes autos miss.

Even among the majority of ADC, being blinded can be a dps detriment, but it's not going to kill you most of the time. In fact, you might not even care. What does MF care about blind? She ults. Same with Lucian. Now, what does diana care about silences? She still just autos. Except she's now squishier, less mobile, and can't flash.

If you look at the remaining 6 sources of silence (Blitzcrank Chogath Fiddlesticks Garen Malzahar Soraka ), they all have either a very low radius of effectiveness, require you to be in harms way or pull off a combo, or allow the enemy to physically dodge the silence.