How to create meaningful counterplay.
Warwick Ult: 42 seconds Nautilus Ult: 48 seconds Yasuo Ult: 18 seconds Twisted Fate Cards: 6 seconds + selection Morgana Binding: 7 seconds Thresh Hook: 8 seconds
Cleanse: 210 seconds.
If you, Riot, are so obsessed with creating counterplay, why is the one Summoner Spell specifically there, and only there, for creating counterplay to high Crowd Control champions one of the weakest Summoners in the game? If you want to keep ADC's safe while toning down their impact on the mid game, why not allow them to at least stay safe once and a while? Why should Warwick be able to ult me 5 times before I can use Cleanse once? He's going to gank you, and 1/5 of those times do you have a legitimate chance at survival when he isn't followed up. **Cleanse isn't an Olaf ult, you can still chain CC onto the user. **
Reduce Cleanse's cooldown and maybe we will see actually use for champions who rely on reapplying slows like Gangplank, Nunu, Ashe and Sejuani.
Why do you keep Heal and Flash as the only viable defensive Summoner Spells? Why not give us something we can actually use to defend ourselves with when we get knocked up by Cho'Gath or Suppressed by Malzahar? Why should I suffer because Warwick can instantly blink 700 units forward making me completely unable to control my character once every single minute of the game?
You should have to consider the consequences for using your hard CC. If I get TP ganked by Twisted Fate, if he made a good choice of where to use Destiny he should be rewarded for it, yes. That doesn't mean I should be punished because he was in Auto-Attack range with nothing to follow up. By the time Destiny is available again, Cleanse won't even be a factor for another minute and a half. He has plenty of time to set up for a gank again.
TL;DR - The cooldown on Cleanse should be 180 seconds or less. None of this 2 and a half minute bullcrap. If you want to reward aggressive play, go ahead. But do not reward reckless or instinctual play.
's standing, since his ult is affected. (right?)