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I don't like Most Mages

TitanAnteus·8/5/2018, 12:23:30 AM·2 votes·1,307 views

I just realized this because I have a Star Guardian Ahri skin from the hextech chest. I really wanted to play her after getting the skin but couldn't play too many matches as her because fighting was so binary.

Most mages have this problem though. They usually have 1 form of easy to access CC, 1 magic attack skillshot, and 1 AOE magic attack for waveclear.

Lux, Morgana, VelKoz, Xerath and all of them are so scary similar.

I prefer champs like Katarina, Yasuo, Azir, and Mordekaiser. They're different in how you play. Most mages are so samey that it is quite boring to play them. I want to get use out of this star guardian skin, but I really don't like the champion.

I can see why they have these universal tools though. Since they're mid, they have a lot of gank paths, so they're always in danger of being ganked. That CC is the way they escape. It's why Yasuo is so easy to gank. His CC is frighteningly unreliable. He needs to Q you twice before his 3rd comes up and by that point he's dead. It's why Morde dies to ganks so easily. He can't stun or do anything to the jungler. At the same time, I'd really like for the character designers to find ways around this instead of just having an ability slot taken up by CC.

Ahri's triple annoying because she can just ult out of any conflict or Flash. Her safety as a midlaner feels wrong. When you escape death in a situation where you can only think to yourself, if I was someone I actually think is interesting I'd be dead right now.

I also appreciate Zoe, because even though she does have her CC, she does have to commit to engages.

15 Comments

1 800 Top Lane8/5/2018, 12:25:20 AM3 votes

That's what league is now though, Instant gratification over complex gameplay. Probably the reason Faker got benched.

BLIGHTBRINGER8/5/2018, 12:49:56 AM3 votes

I only like mages that actually need to land abilities to deal damage and lately for some reason even if they miss their abilities, the cooldowns are so low that they can just spam them over and over regardless if they hit someone with them or not...

Sound familiar? Zoe

2Charmnot2Charm8/5/2018, 4:24:24 PM2 votes

If you had to burn Ahri's ult defensively then good luck doing anything while your ult is on cooldown without doing a Charm-Flash play.

If you are that worried about ganks in the first place learn to better manipulate your minion wave and pay better attention to enemy jungler last known locations.

Infernape8/5/2018, 12:27:49 AM2 votes

Tbh Ahri is just boring full stop.

######before anyone gets offended, this is just an opinion.

Hyquiem8/5/2018, 12:30:37 AM1 votes

I mean there’s 4 subclasses of mages now..

Burst Artillery Battle Control

While two classes of assasins

Ad Ap.

But as we are speaking for mages if you want a mage that isn’t like ahri I’d suggest the battle mage class. Not only does it give great teamfighting but they are mages Who basically do dps, like cassiopiea or Aurelion.

Since you play Azir as he is a hybrid of battle and control mage I can recommend a few mages if you would like some: Here AurelionSol Cassiopeia Orianna Karthus Anivia Viktor Vladimir

These are just picks of the top of My head. But as I see your looking for a different class of mages

theChibiTina8/5/2018, 4:34:27 PM1 votes

If you like Zoe, you might like LeBlanc. She's another mage assassin who's difficult to play. Maybe you won't, but it doesn't hurt to look into and give it a try.

DW Diana8/5/2018, 5:38:07 PM1 votes

Mages are designed to poke in lane then team fight later on. Yes this means they are similar in their playstyle, but only in the same way that all the champions you listed minus morde are dash 50 times and nuke in 3 hits. It's not an accurate assessment of their actual play, but on the surface it seems that way.

SugeMinPikk8/5/2018, 5:42:08 PM1 votes

Vel'Koz and Vlad are both pretty fun

Probably the only fun mages tho

Quick M4th7/20/2019, 7:36:00 PM1 votes

I think Ahri is fun, if you know how to play her. Thats with any champion which i love riot about. The playerst who play the champions almost perfectly is what riot inteded the champ to be. Like rengar an assasin, he is not suppose to 1v5 diving. He suppose to see for room for advantage. Thresh a champion where he can do so much things. Make gank for your jungler. CC enemy. Save the team. Ahri as a mage/assasin is suppose to know when its the right moment. She can get a double kill if you r decent on her. Just look at high elo players and your mistakes, have your build/runes at it fullest potential.