New Keystones, The ideas are great, BUT.......?

only zhule·Sep 29, 2017·1 votes·251 views

So title kind of gives you the basic idea. I tend to play healing supports, primarily Sona. But looking at these things... i'm not really seeing much that is good for my character of choice. Summon Aerie seems pretty good in theory, but also super weird/ bad during team fights. Do i extra shield my whole team if i cast the shield and they are all in range? Does this proc twice if i hit two targets with Q? But most importantly, does this mean that i have to pick and choose when to use my abilities (remember that Sona is very spam happy) so that i can get the right usage at the right time.

Then there is shit like what do you pick for characters line Jihn? Sure the little promo thing shows him using Arcane Comet, because he doesn't work well with any of the other ones, but what if the champion simply moves does the comet track? does it do AOE damage to minions? etc....

4 Comments

CochoSep 29, 20171 votes

the pixie

SukishooSep 29, 20171 votes

Just depends on how you play really. I've tested out various builds from the new runes and for Janna, I like the Kleptomancy rune allowing you to gain bonus sacks of gold and random consumables.

Summon Aerie is a pretty good one but has a rather hard to use setup depending on the enchanter. Had Sona try to use it and well since it goes off of Shields or Damage, they couldn't seem to make it work for the allied side of things. Though I think you just have to click a different button in that case.

KoKobotoSep 29, 20171 votes

Hmm that's probably a weird gameplay thing for Sona. Aerie requires you to cast an ability on an ally in order to give the shield but Sona doesn't cast any abilities on allies because she works with auras. That just makes the new rune system better though :)

SukishooSep 29, 20171 votes

It does go to the allies though, so you'd think she'd be able to use it but so far it doesn't seem to be the case. Since her shield you gain from the heal is more part of an extra aura effect that's probably why it doesn't work for her.