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Rakan w should be uninterruptable?

DarkNightxSn··4 votes·1,635 views

Okay so here's the thing. I love playing rakan and it's a super enjoyable character even after the speed reductions just because his kit is so fun, but one thing that always bothered me is when you get randomly stunned/snared etc (99% unintentionally) mid dash. It cancels your dash, stops you in track, causing the knockup to not appear. So you end up in a bad position with no tools left to be useful in the fight itself (except trying to run at the enemies with your ult which is a bad idea most of the time). Rakan relies on his w a lot, and having it interruptable just seems so out of place and unfun and makes me angry every time it happens. I just don't see the reason of this being interruptable.

What do you guys think about this? Should it be uninterruptable or is it fine the way it is? What are your experiences (be it as or against Rakan)?

Edit: Or change it so that the dash goes thru, but the knockup gets cancelled? that seems like the best of both worlds to me, meaning that you can't knock people up but can atleast continue to engage with your ult?

11 Comments

Winner Bot3 votes

No way, Rakan's ability to engage is way too overloaded already with too much safety. He needs more counterplay.

Bløød Zerø1 votes

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No way, Rakan's ability to engage is way too overloaded already with too much safety. He needs more counterplay.

Except it isn't safe when he goes to engage and can legit be stopped by anyone with a brain good reaction time and a hard cc ability on their champ.

Like its like saying a skilled lee has 0 counter play with his q being unstoppable to minor hard cc like cait traps or lux snare. You can still predict it if you read the situation fast enough. Like unless you have no vision of lee or rakan its perfectly readable to see their engage coming. Sadly rakan at the very least is easier to counter his engage with a morg q or a cait trap that he was oblivious to. Why can't rakan at the very least continue the dash fully just not knock them up?

Silly Neeko2 votes

I will go with it shouldn't be AS interruptible as it is currently... (for example, near literally every single thing that makes his feet not work also makes it so he can not finish his dash or knock up).... So for example making it able to continue even after being hit by a Morgana Q or a Caitlyn trap would be fine.

However most dashes are interruptible. There is only a select few champions who are NOT able to be interupted while dashing.... and that is Warwick Q and Ulti... Jarvan ulti... Malphite ulti... but otherwise that is pretty much everyone.

All the dashes however can continue even if hit by Morgana Q while in mid air. Rakan does not continue. He is stopped. This i agree should not happen.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Vi R Sion R Kled R Shyvana R These are also unstoppable.

However, being completely unstoppable is kinda ulti level of power. Rakan really shouldn't have it on W. But I agree that a snare shouldn't interrupt his dash, it should work consistent with other dashes and just get inerrupted by displacements and spells which specifically cancel dashes, like Jinx E.

Bløød Zerø1 votes

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Vi R Sion R Kled R Shyvana R These are also unstoppable.

However, being completely unstoppable is kinda ulti level of power. Rakan really shouldn't have it on W. But I agree that a snare shouldn't interrupt his dash, it should work consistent with other dashes and just get inerrupted by displacements and spells which specifically cancel dashes, like Jinx E.

Yeah if a friendly jinx e can cancel your blitz hook but a cait trap won't I don't see why an enemy cait trap completely stops the dash part like maybe the knock up should be taken but the dash should continue.

For example if akali presses e and runs through traps or snares aside from jinx e she still finishes her e. Same goes for lee q and Pyke e. So why rakan not get the same treatment?

JuiceBoxP1 votes

Most dashes can't be stopped by cc. You get cced only when you finish the dash.

Don't know why specifically rakan is like the only one whose dash is interruptable, but if you ask me all dashes should be interruptable.

Cind3rkick1 votes

I think a malph ult would be broken on rakan

Whomp3r1 votes

Hey fellow summoner, i would look into this a little more if i were you rakan w is actually interuptable with displacement ability (syndra e thresh flay etc.)

DarkNightxSn1 votes

It seems you have not read the thread. I stated that it is interruptable and that it is something I am not happy about, which is why I asked for the oppinion of people to state what they think if it's fine the way it is (being interruptable) or if it should be uninterruptable

Crispy0Snake1 votes

No it should definitely not be unstoppable lol, then it'd be like a low damage malphite ult

Daddy Ants1 votes

HELL

FUCKING

NO

Rakan is already lacking on counterplay.

let's not remove what little counterplay he has

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