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Removal of Flash on Certain Champions

Necromagik·5/9/2016, 6:44:34 PM·1 votes·518 views

With mobility creep (zoom zoom belt, air dragon, etc), I think it might be time to consider the removal of flash on certain champions.

We know for a fact, that certain champions can and DO thrive without the use of flash. The most notable example being someone I don't consider hyper-mobile... Shaco. Shaco's highest winrate summoners are summoner 14 summoner 11 proving that he doesn't need unnecessary mobility to stay relevant. I believe that this would also be the case for champions that are considered hyper-mobile Leblanc LeeSin Zed Yasuo.

However, I do believe some hyper-mobile champions such as Ahri Kassadin would suffer early-game from the removal of flash because their mobility is linked to their ultimates, leaving them for dead until level 6. I personally wouldn't know how to approach cases like this, but dealing with post-6 Kassadin with flash is annoying as fuck and frankly unnecessary...

Anyways, I think that revamping/removing/tweaking flash to cater to each champion instead of being a standard spell would make flash more bearable and open up opportunities for

  1. A bigger variety of summoners.
  2. Actually CATCHING some champions. (This is my biggest complaint is not being able to catch mobile champions with flash a good portion of the time. They continuously engage and kill the squishies (which is fine) but the ONE TIME they mess up their combo and you catch them... they just flash away. Repeat the cycle and by the next time you catch them again they have flash up.)
  3. More power being given into mobility spells without the fear of breaking them.

What are your guys' thoughts on it and if you agree with the removal of flash, which champion would you like it removed on?

3 Comments

HongChongDong5/9/2016, 6:51:29 PM2 votes

Flash isn't just a summoner spell it's also an integral part of the strategy involved in this game. Your entire argument is basically "Hyper mobile champions are annoying if they have flash so they shouldn't have it". That's not an argument that's you not liking a mechanic and in turn finding unbalanced and thinking it should be removed.

Wanna know why people ask fizz to be removed? Because they get their asses kicked my him when they don't know how to play against him.

Think about the impact on the game that would be caused by the removal of flash rather than thinking about how your games might become easier before you make a post like this.

Guyy Fieri5/9/2016, 7:35:27 PM1 votes

What about champs with stupid assassination potential and ignite? It's the same argument so should ignore be removed on those champs too? I just don't think it's fair to limit flash to certain champions.

YumScrumptious965/9/2016, 8:18:17 PM1 votes

How is Yasuo hyper mobile? He needs enemies to move lots and it isn't even that far a distance.