Every time someone complains about a manaless champion

JustMyBassCannon·9/16/2016, 5:47:22 PM·88 votes·5,904 views

"Give them Mana, or at least Energy!" Except for when Lee Sin and Zed were more popular, in which case, even Energy champs "deserved" Mana instead.

But, listen people. Giving a champion mana will not fix the problems you currently have with them. Slapping a blue meter for resource management will not succeed in fixing any of the problems you actually have with that champion, nor will it fix their actual problems. All it's going to do is:

  • Open up itemization options that they'd left alone previously
  • Require that the mana costs be balanced to suit their playstyle OR
  • Require buffs to their playstyle to make up for not being able to function as designed
  • Still leaves you frustrated once all the mains play one game to get used to those costs OR
  • Dumpsters the champ because the costs are legitimately unfair

Adding a blue meter to a spammy caster means tweaks and mostly buffs in other areas if the champion is going to remain viable. Unless your goal is that last point, in which case, might I introduce you to an entirely different MOBA, where your personal skill doesn't matter at all? I hear Blizzard likes babying you along with super simple mechanics, you might find a nice home there.

160 Comments

Astôlfo9/16/2016, 6:05:54 PM70 votes

Oh wow, a Gameplay thread that uses logic? What is this? A hallucination?

Ralanr9/16/2016, 6:16:16 PM29 votes

Actually HoTS has some rather scary mechanics that would break this game if they ever showed up.

A global targeted stun, a nuke that doesn't give a warning for the enemy as a basic ability, an untargetable scouting ability that has no real limit and a group tunnel travel ability.

Plus the Lost Vikings and Ch'gall introduce complex mechanics that I'm not sure Riot could do. Blizzard has some very smart and talented people on their payroll for that game.

I agree with you though. Asking for mana is just an excuse for someone to dumpster a champion because they hate playing them.

Critmaster Garen9/16/2016, 7:08:36 PM12 votes

Garen

item 3800 item 3031 item 3508 item 3071 item 3009 item 3742

item 3078 item 3142 item 3083 item 3143 item 3053 item 3111

welcome to hell.

Xeruon9/16/2016, 9:43:28 PM12 votes

Threads like the ones you mentioned ("Give mana to X champion!!") just proves that not only people don't hesitate to slap "bandaid" fixes on champions that they flame Riot so much for doing, but also shows that it's pretty much impossible for them to read beyond what's immediately obvious.

Bravo, you guys make me loose even more hope in this community every day. [zombie-brand-clap]

Grimspeake9/16/2016, 6:42:48 PM10 votes

Pls give lee mana so i can spam abilites all team fights.

GrReaper969/17/2016, 4:41:44 AM6 votes

Then suddenly item 3165 becomes viable on Vladimir Akali Kennen