How could Riot handle a "respawn at ghost" mechanic ala Leoric in HotS?

darkdill·Feb 3, 2019·1 votes·930 views

Dying in League carries with it the added punishment of being sent back to your team's fountain. This holds the same in Heroes of the Storm, except for one hero: Leoric. When he dies, he turns into a ghost that haunts the battlefield, letting him slow enemies and accelerate his death timer. When his timer completes, he respawns at the location of his ghost after a short delay.

I have to wonder how League could handle such a mechanic. It probably would have to be locked behind a level requirement like Garen's passive (i.e. you don't respawn at the ghost's location until you're level 11) to ensure it isn't obnoxious in lane. But it'd certainly be interesting on a top-laner, allowing them to forgo (which, I note, has been nerfed into the ground).

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haaaaaaalpFeb 3, 20191 votes

If Morde Kaiser is any abdication, no riot cannot. Yorick use to have a reshape type ult which lead to hilariously gamebreaking bugs and that wasn’t as complicated as leoric’s ult.

Level locking wouldn’t be needed since he still presumably needs to back to shop.

darkdillFeb 3, 20191 votes

There's no item system in HotS.

And level-locking would be needed so that you can take advantage of the enemy's absence in laning while they're dead. This is important for top-lane since it allows you to take a more decisive lead, and forces a Teleport usage if your opponent doesn't want you to get too far ahead.

haaaaaaalpFeb 3, 20191 votes

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There's no item system in HotS.

And level-locking would be needed so that you can take advantage of the enemy's absence in laning while they're dead. This is important for top-lane since it allows you to take a more decisive lead, and forces a Teleport usage if your opponent doesn't want you to get too far ahead.

How exactly do you plan on transition to league? Presumably it would be to transition him to an item based game in which case he will still need some way to buy them.