Slight tweak for Kallista

Dopeson·2/3/2015, 9:37:00 PM·1 votes·450 views

Kallista is a very interesting champion and now that more and more people seem to be understanding (and properly utilizing) her strengths, I think it is becoming apparent she is a bit on the strong side. As a support player, I think the most glaring issue with her strength comes from the passive damage from her W at early levels in the game.

Personally I like the idea behind the ability, it emphasizes proper focus and trading from both the ADC and the support. The issue is that 12% is a massive amount of burst and if you are playing a melee support vs Kallista and a ranged support, it becomes near impossible to make it through the laning phase. This is especially true when Kallista is paired with someone like Thresh or Leona who add even more damage to a single auto attack. It creates situations where 1 auto from Kallista and her support is worth 2 - 3 autos from their opponent, with minimum investment from the players.

To solve this issue, I propose that Kallista's W damage be changed from 1 auto, to multiple autos. So basically level 1, instead of 12% from 1 auto it would be 4% from 1 auto but can be proc'd 3 times and then it would get the CD. This would require more investment from Kallista and her support to maximize the damage and during that commitment time, give an opportunity for her opponents to fight back and make something of the trade. It does not take much skill or effort for 2 ranged champs to land a single auto on a melee champ (or even the opposing ADC), so rewarding those players with such a massive amount of damage just makes their laning binary.

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