[{quoted}](name=Flavi Kang,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=NEmcfEAX,comment-id=,timestamp=2018-02-07T07:57:35.446+0000)
Skirmishers need the red smite for ganks/dueling.
for ganks no, for dueling sure. I'd rather them just get direct buffs then be balanced around a broken smite.. the smite gives true DoT and damage reduction, riot should enable that in their kits not one item especially when there are also other items to stack that with.
Jax/lee sin need tracker's knife for more mobility.
Fair point but the game can't revolve around these two either. These two can be buffed, and jax survived on 1 trinket in top lane for a very long time.
Something worth mention is you can ward hop to the control ward AND your regular trinket, since you won't need sweeping lens like you would with trackers, you'll still have two available wards. Control wards do all the sweeping you need.
Other junglers need blue smite for ganking.
You still have chilling smite
We do not need a control ward with our jungle item as we can simply buy one.
Still saves a lot of gold, especially for those who purchase several of them. It also helps late game when everybody has 6 items and you need a control ward.
Removing them just limits our choices of play style and does not achieve anything.
Don't really see playstyle limitation. Its not really a playstyle and more of a "this smite is clearly better on this champ" deal. Skirmishers is the go-to on a lot of stuff, and the rest of the stuff skirmishers is built to counter other skirmishers. Otherwise stalkers is the alternative because it works with everything. Trackers was the playstyle one, but it has a huge elo gap and breaks pro play especially in combination with the new zombie ward.
This change should fix trackers, keeps stalkers, and enable better balancing decisions for skirmishers so they don't rely on skirmisher's sabre abuse.