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Riot should just embrace Teleport

Cdore·11/3/2019, 4:05:58 PM·26 votes·11,830 views

As we are seeing at Worlds, teleport is one of the best summoners next to flash. It allows you to join a fight from anywhere on the map and leads to a lot of team fight situations that Riot also likes.

I believe it is time we go back to the idea we had in alpha phase, and from the Dota roots, and to make Teleport an item to buy. Either as a Teleport Scroll or a boot active. In fact, the same should be done to Flash, too. Currently, we are in a state of the game where there is always a stronger option. And instead of bringing every other option up to standard, Riot likes to just nerf everything instead. Flash and TP are good because they are fundamental to a 5v5 game on a large map. Time to embrace it and at least balance it. Either everyone gets it or no one does.

Bonus: Get rid of Stopwatch. It completely ruins plays, makes flash look balanced, and is only 600g. Not to mention, if you keep it, it builds into a cheaper zhonyas, which is perhaps currently the most defensive broken item in the game. You could build it on anyone and never feel like you wasted the gold, even if you're not an AP user.

33 Comments

Cind3rkick11/3/2019, 4:18:52 PM17 votes

Only issue with moving the 2 key summs to items, is which items and what will it cost to do so.

Junglers having access to tp, smite and flash as well as another summ would lead to crazy strats.

Similarly, mid and top laners taking exhaust ignite every game would add way more 1v1 significance in games, though the increased amount if exhausts would honestly solve the problem of too much damage in league... so many thays a good thing.

Adding it to boots would mess up predator. So thats probably a no-go.

Which is why I suggest keeping flash as a summ but make tp a rune.

You wanted stopwatch removed? Why not replace it with Tp.

Turn that top row of inspiration into a movement focused line. Oh... and it should 100% go onto ohmwrecker

Rune: "Heart of a tower" Adds a secondary active to ohmwrecker that allows the wearer to teleport to an allied tower.

Meritas11/3/2019, 6:27:41 PM6 votes

Wait, are we seriously going against one of the only viable defensive options in the game? The thing is, these days that's the level of defence you need to make such an option viable.

frackphoneverifi11/3/2019, 9:07:01 PM4 votes

i kinda also felt that flash should just be given default and not on summoner slot as it is basicly core to the game now.. so that the summoner slot could be opened up for other skills. maybe even they should design some new summoner skills as that is an aspect of the game that has got very little attention over the years other then things just being removed.. adding some new summoners could be rather interesting.

Dingding12311/4/2019, 4:55:00 AM3 votes

Stopwatch isn't the problem; it's the sheer amount of damage + CDR in the game that makes the item broken on so many champions. Tone down those two things and Stopwatch will stop being as universally good, and Zhonya's will stop being such a problem item.

Saezio11/3/2019, 9:28:52 PM3 votes

More summoner spells?

Like, you feel like the champs don't do enough atm?

I would argue flash needs to be nerfed a bit. Make it 7 min cd so ghost and others are picked more.

Titanium7011/3/2019, 10:32:55 PM2 votes

So you want to move the power-creep form Summners to Items. Profit?

DamSonWhUFndThis11/3/2019, 4:22:57 PM2 votes

u got summoner 4 because it's both iniciate and escape it's use is just usefull for 99% of champs summoner 12 is quick going to place summoner 14 is damage and grevious wounds very good for midlaners as they are damage dealers and against champions that heal summoner 21 protective spell that's always usefull for someone with enough damage lacking defense stats summoner 6 for champs that synergise with speed and are more effective when in high movement speed

etc. etc. they are called summoner spells and their uniqueness make them ballanced u want guys buy teleport from shop while having ignite? or if you want ignite to also be itemised u would literaly make ignite the least used item because literaly any item that inflict grevious wounds would be more usefull than some item that burns enemies etc. etc. to tired to explain if you don't get it you're ignorant

Kovorix11/3/2019, 6:29:01 PM2 votes

Just give something to punish tp players like the Promote summoner which got removed. When your enemy needs to tp and has it on cooldown you punish him with stronger pushing power.

Bârd11/4/2019, 6:47:12 PM2 votes

Instead of getting rid of Stopwatch, make it a summoner spell.

Stasis 270 second CD Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to take actions.

Talisid11/4/2019, 9:29:14 PM2 votes

DOTA is a good game and all that but I don't want this game to become DOTA.

If i wanted that, I would just play DOTA

Xavanic11/3/2019, 5:25:55 PM1 votes

they should honestly just do what smite does, limit you to 2 summoners and force you to buy them during the game w/o the ability to swap and make more powerful summoner spells like flash cost a lot more

Original Sin11/4/2019, 12:19:45 AM1 votes

or.. leave it as a summoner spell?

big brain time

Modl Ryden l11/4/2019, 3:15:39 AM1 votes

Would really be interesting what players would come up with building their Summoners to NOT include Teleport or Flash and instead relegate the need for Flash or Teleport onto boots as a unique enhancement.

Certainly there will come to points in the game where either Flash or Teleport will be favored over the other.

But also there's the idea with champs with innate gap closers that rival Flash may come off as annoying or near OP.

Trias00011/3/2019, 11:20:24 PM1 votes

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zhonyas, which is perhaps currently the most defensive broken item in the game. You could build it on anyone and never feel like you wasted the gold, even if you're not an AP user.

I haven't even seen it built on Kai'Sa for a long time, let alone anyone without AP scalings.

Peardix11/4/2019, 4:31:29 PM1 votes

Interesting Idea, but, as many other comments outline, would change the game drastically. If a change like were to be implemented it would need tons of testing and would probably best fit in with a season change patch.

XJ9999999999999911/5/2019, 3:34:46 AM1 votes

Remove teleport it makes champions like TF lose what made them unique.

ALLAHU ACBAR 00711/3/2019, 10:30:09 PM1 votes

ive been using teleport ever since s1, and ppl rage at me for troll.

Radio Daddy11/3/2019, 4:35:20 PM

Obviously I could be wrong and it could be false info, but werent there potential leaks pointing out the death of TP, the lack of TP is both a scary and interesting world imo.