Is it possible we get a sightstone like item for solo laners who want to help with vision?

Chuck Charles··1 votes·457 views

so I've still been frustrated with lack of vision this season and how almost all of it can be cleared instantly with sweepers or naturally (blue trinkets or pinks).

Junglers have a mini sighstone type effect on their jungle item enchant upgrade if they so choose to. Supports get sightstone of course. But solo laners have no option outside of yellow trinket to help with wards. The trinket wards are weak and unless you buff them beyond belief, vision will always be severely lacklust in my opinion.

Building sighstone on a laner is just not viable as 800 gold is too much of a sink for pure vision.

My request is that there is an item, maybe even a starting item that is designed to help with vision. Maybe it gives only ok stats, but you get 1-2 wards that recharge when you go back to base. I just wish there was an item that didnt feel bad to buy for solo laners that would also let us help out with vision like we NEED to. I buy pinks, but those can sometimes get cleared out literally RIGHT away. the amount of times I've bought a pink just for it be cleared right away is disheartening, but expected. The problem is not pinks which feel fine, the problem is we have no other vision. our trinkets are not reliable enough and simply do not even come close enough to real wards.

I understand that riot does not want warding to be like it was last season where a winning team can light up the whole map, but currently no matter what elo of people I play with the entire map is dark. and that is just not good for healthy gameplay.

Does anyone else think solo laners should have a sighstone type item (an AD and AP version likely) that gives ok stats, but also grants the ability to place wards? Obviously would need to be less than a real sighstone so supports don't just take the item over sightstone.

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Best Valor NA1 votes

Or we can just bring back the ability to buy green wards.

Malhammers1 votes

No, because that would DRASTICALLY cripple junglers. Part of winning lane is managing your wards, using the last sighting of the jungler to predict where he is now, pushing vs not pushing lane, sieging, cs, and kda (etc). If there were a bunch of wards you could just bully a lane with no consequences and it would render 1/2 of all junglers useless.

Chuck Charles1 votes

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No, because that would DRASTICALLY cripple junglers. Part of winning lane is managing your wards, using the last sighting of the jungler to predict where he is now, pushing vs not pushing lane, sieging, cs, and kda (etc). If there were a bunch of wards you could just bully a lane with no consequences and it would render 1/2 of all junglers useless.

cripple junglers? are you kidding. as a mid lane main, mid is a nightmare right now. every game you can be camped because you simply cannot ward for yourself. there are huge gaps where you have no vision and pinks are cleared very easily.

I'm not suggesting mid laners get a sighstone, just a ward or two per back if they choose to invest it over raw stats.

Dark Nephthys1 votes

I don't think it'll be completely weird for some laners (preferably top lane tanks) to build a sightstone. I wouldn't think early, but getting a sightstone after your first item isn't that bad of an idea tbh. You could always just upgrade it into Eye of the Equinox since it offers decent hp.

But yea for Mid lane...I wouldn't know and I do understand the annoyance since you can't really have both sides of your lane warded since the trinkets are so bad and pink wards can be easily wasted if you put them down at the wrong times. I guess if they ever buffed Eye of the Watchers and it becomes a very good item and gets built in mid lane like Frost Queen is...then maybe.

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