Shaco W (boxes) change idea

currently boxes last longer based on total AP you have, which can be nice, but it also has a big downside, the setup of 'box traps' is far to long for the ap Shaco player and has to much counter play to make it fair for it to take that long to set up

so here is my idea

remove the AP duration scaling, set it to be 60 seconds flat BUT let his R increase the number of boxes shaco can 'hold' by 1 per rank, making him able to 'hold' 4 boxes at rank 3 R, boxes recharge at the same rate of his W CD

then this change is made to his W

if Shaco places a box WHILE NOT IN COMBAT OR STEALTHED and is holding more than 1 box it does not trigger the CD (triggers a 2 second CD still) of his W and consumes 1 box charge

i included the 'OR STEALTHED' part because it meant it could be abused with the no combat trigger Q, drop a box, enter combat drop another box issues that the without 'OR STEALTHED' added would have caused

this change lets Shaco plant more boxes quickly as a trap but not in combat

now this change would also benefit ad and ap Shaco still so here is my suggestion to that issue

reduce the base damage of boxes by 5 at all ranks

this would slightly lower the individual power of each box but make placing the boxes for traps more reactive over predictive, instead of taking ~30 seconds (assuming 45% CDR) to set a 4 box trap and having the enemy just never trigger it you can see the enemy coming and set up a 4 box trap in 8 seconds (he still has to wait for the ~30 seconds box CDs to stack, its just a shorter wait on actual setup, so the amount of how often he can do this doesn't change)

its just an idea in trying to make a QoL change to setting up trapped places on Shaco and will defiantly need tuning if riot considers it

also keep in mind the best counter to Shaco boxes is a FREE item so putting more of his strength into his ability to set traps will only work well vs people who already don't understand how to counter play him