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[Akali] Shadow Dance needlessly made more clunky with v5.9

Hexten·10/22/2015, 6:02:45 AM·18 votes·2,129 views

Akali's Ultimate Missile Speed Post-patch v5.2 - Pre-patch v5.9: https://youtu.be/fXEkPQ70SeA?t=8m55s

Akali's Ultimate Missile Speed Post-patch v5.9: https://youtu.be/fDr4lAINpMY?t=8m43s

A challenger player that plays Akali has mentioned this as well: https://youtu.be/uFDt1JVO9KU?t=15m16s

Patch v5.9/v5.10 http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/V5.9 http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/V5.10

Shadow Dance

  • New Effect: Now leaves Akali 150 - 250 units on the far side of target. The distance behind the target increases the closer the target is from Akali on-cast.

In Patch v5.9, the introduction of the strike-through on her ultimate reduced the missile speed of the dash.

As shown in the first video, the missile speed reduction is clearly obvious:

  • Pre-patch v5.9 the dash speed is pretty much instant.

  • Whereas post-patch v5.9 Akali takes her sweet-ass time gliding through the air when she is dashing.

This contributes to her feeling more clunky than needed since v5.2 nerfs, since a slower dash locks out player input during flight.

The simple solutions to this:

  • Fix the missile speed of Shadow Dance so that it matches the old animation speed pre-patch v5.9.

TLDR: The introduction of the strike-through (Post-patch v5.9) on her ultimate should not reduce the missile speed.

Edited: Simplified OP.

16 Comments

Akali is SO HOT10/22/2015, 6:19:01 AM5 votes

I like the strikethrough because it gives you some outplay potential but the missile speed reduction was pretty lame. Just takes a while to get used to the passthrough though. Stealth nerfing her ult is pretty bullshit though after all of the countless nerfs she's gotten because of QQ.

Siriner10/22/2015, 6:07:01 AM4 votes

Wow, very nice post, so much detail.

And yes I have noticed this as well, As a avid Akali player that ult change in 5.9 was a low quality change that just screws her over more.

I rather that they just flat out remove the past through mechanic.

Monotachi10/22/2015, 6:17:34 AM3 votes

Yeah, the dash speed is slower. Something like this nerfed Leblanc when her dash speed got reduced on her w. But they buffed it back up later on. Looks for Akali's case, it was unintentional because of trying to make her dash similar to yasuo's but that's just fail.

Chuck Charles10/22/2015, 7:43:35 AM2 votes

while I love to play some cheesy akali from time to time, she is one of those champs that will remain gutted because her kit is lacking in counterplay. If she's ahead she is insane, if she's behind shes literally useless. the missile speed is kind of lame, but honestly I don't think it makes that big of a difference anyway. the biggest nerf to her was the range on it. it used to be massive and that was when she was a dominant pick. as long as her kit is in the state it is in, she will always be left to be weaker.

SourCustard10/22/2015, 6:09:59 AM1 votes

Yes please remove the strike through, its so clunky since it extends the ult animation time.

I really really hate it when I duel melee champions and the strike through just screws over your AA to proc mark.

If they really wanted Akali to proc more marks, give her the Katarina treatment where they made her AA animation cleaner.

RedCyclone10/22/2015, 8:19:07 AM1 votes

Man I played Akali about a week or so ago and my god...her kit works against you so much in functionallity Mispositions on ult, Q not procing properly on autos, 2 of her most important skills just work so...badly

Akali honestly needs a rework, one what makes her a lot less of a pubstomper and a better champion for players to play with I feel it's impossible to not get a ton of deaths with her if she plays against anyone with the knowledge that pink wards exist