Twitch Question with new update to stealth

Volcanuz·10/19/2016, 9:49:17 PM·3 votes·750 views

Seeing as though stealth has been changed for this little bugger and not for the better of him, can we get his Q changed back to what it was in the first place and by that i mean the length of the stealth. At low levels it is 4 seconds of stealth, which in my opinion puts it into invisibility not camo, even the later version is only 8 seconds which is not a crazy long amount of stealth.

Not only that, putting it in the same classification as eve passive means you remove twitchs only method of escape or usefulness by making him still visible to the enemy, i can no longer position my self in a team fight or sneak up point blank on champs like Draven or quinn to counter the effects of their abilities to take them on 1v1. It actually screws twitch over on a lot of 1v1 he can do, even Yas it screws him with.

He even loses the ability to scout now!! One other major ability for twitch is the ability to check bushes with his face or just be sneaky and chase without being noticed. This is also out the window now with the new changes.

The worst thing though, and this is more for me as i play him differently from others. But he now loses the ability to trade early game post level 3. The best method of trading was to Q then run near point blank on supports or ADC then unload with W 4 autos then E for a massive damage play, now once i reach AA range they can freaking see me and dash or just run away before my W can even start to be thrown. For other champs they can now start the trade before they can even bloody see me (Ezreal, Sivir, Cait, Corki, Quinn, Graves and jinx) which puts me at the massive disadvantage in my lane.

Overall this change totally changes the dynamic and usefulness of twitch to the point he is near useless now as a ADC even for soloQ. Unless he gets the change to inviz over camo i don't see him ever being useful again unless the first 3 levels of his Q are Inviz where the last 2 are Camo, which would make it a LITTLE better but even then he will lose his BIGGEST trump card as positioning is VERY VERY VERY important for twitch, and the ability to scout is just too vital for him. But worse it makes him useless as an ADC.

You made, with this ONE change a viable ADC now a useless one with one change.

Sure you can still pick him but i won't be able to really play him without a Blitz, thresh, Leo or Naut support because i will need the hard CC and engage. Or i will have to just start roaming at 4-5 to get a kill in mid.

All i ask is if you do allow this change to hit Twitch, maybe rework him too with the assassin update, make him more viable as a ADC and more viable with normal ADC items since you are changing his bread and butter item Youmuu. Do something to help this poor rat!

You'res truely, a Twitch main.

4 Comments

GoronMuncherV10/20/2016, 1:44:13 AM2 votes

I feel your pain. Nerfs definitely screw him over and what pisses me off the most is how casual Riot and the community are about it. This is a big change, yet Riot didn't even respect it enough to include it in the minor assassins changes despite it being as big if not a bigger change then most of them. Community doesn't give a damn either. Most I've found is "yay, spray and pray is back"; while completely ignoring the gutting.

As for compensation to make up for this change; they've at least changed the stealth duration to 10/11/12/13/14 which is ok. But I definitely agree with you on all the things he won't be able to do anymore. The increased stealth duration might make it possible to escape still (use increased time for larger circling arcs to avoid enemy sight), but only just if played well and definitely loses those effective 1v1/ 2v2 engages and the scouting etc.

Most of the changes on the PBE at the moment in favor of Twitch are just negated by other nerfs. If he could get a real nice standalone buff (maybe give back his 20% attack speed on Q?) he might be slightly better off after losing so much.

From a fellow Twitch main.