Is Half of Bards kit useless on ARAM?

MeesterMoo·Feb 24, 2015·2 votes·3,567 views

So, how are his portals, meeps, and chimes going to work on ARAM? His portals can't really be used on a one-lane map and chimes spawning In the lane is going to be OP unless they nerf their effectiveness.

15 Comments

KougaFeb 24, 20154 votes

Yeah, I'm okay with 1 out of 120+ champions not being particularly useful in one of the game modes. Although his Q and Ult would be super easy to hit with.

MeesterMooFeb 24, 20152 votes

Well, also his healing plates would need to be nerfed quite hard.

Edit: healing is already reduced, nvm

NorthernDruidFeb 24, 20153 votes

They'd go under teh already existing nerf to healing on ARAM

MathbalnaseFeb 24, 20152 votes

Unless the portals can be used to jump the brush-gap in the middle...

MeesterMooFeb 24, 20151 votes

So his E has one use? Everybody is going to know that he and his team are in 1 of 2 brush. And what use is it even?

DrCyanideFeb 25, 20151 votes

Riot already confirmed it can be used in that gap and in the gap between the lane and the base. This gives his team the opertunity to flank when the other team is pushing their inhibitor.

Riot also mentioned that they are probably going to make specific tweaks to him for ARAM, most likely via meep and chime spawn rates.

MathbalnaseFeb 25, 20151 votes

Just making the distinction between "can't be used" and "of little use".

NorthernDruidFeb 25, 20151 votes

Yeah, his E seems kinda useless on ARAM.

The rest of his kit seems cool though, and they'll hopefully tune his passive to cope with not being able to go anywhere, seeing as they do individual map tuning for some champions.

Ice Weasel XFeb 25, 20151 votes

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So his E has one use? Everybody is going to know that he and his team are in 1 of 2 brush. And what use is it even?

Maybe E can be used across the corners near bases too? Not that it matters too much, a lot of champs have a low priority ability. His would just be the lowest :p

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Well, also his healing plates would need to be nerfed quite hard.

His heals don't have to be nerfed specifically, either. Howling Abyss already has a 50% reduction to ally heals.

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chimes spawning In the lane is going to be OP unless they nerf their effectiveness.

Maybe, maybe not. We'll see when he's released. I just don't see a reason to freak out right now. Making sure he's working right on Summoner's Rift should be their priority anyway.

OwltearsFeb 25, 20151 votes

I think he might go into ARAM but he might be one of those champs that can't go on it

Ice Weasel XFeb 25, 20151 votes

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I think he might go into ARAM but he might be one of those champs that can't go on it

Pretty sure the only champs who can't go on ARAM are the ones who haven't been released or the ones who are disabled due to bugs. ARAM isn't like featured modes that specifically disallow certain champs (Karthus and Teemo in standard One for All, for instance).

OwltearsFeb 25, 20151 votes

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Pretty sure the only champs who can't go on ARAM are the ones who haven't been released or the ones who are disabled due to bugs. ARAM isn't like featured modes that specifically disallow certain champs (Karthus and Teemo in standard One for All, for instance).

Really?? I didn't know that I thought they banned X champ like they do in some game modes in ARAM. Thanks for letting me know and not being rude ^^