what if certain summoner spells were mutually exclusive, like runes?

Critmaster Garen··4 votes·1,479 views

mobility: summoner 4 summoner 6 summoner 32 (lets say there was a version of snowball on summoners rift) defense: summoner 7 summoner 1 summoner 21 summoner 3 offense: summoner 14 (well, there arent any more but could be. lets imagine surge was here) utility: summoner 12 and lets say, fortify or promote.

and you can only chose one out of each category.

maybe this would allow riot to buff certain summoner spells like summoner 6 or introduce new summoner spells like summoner 32 to bring them up to par and not make flash the only mandatory choice.

since picking summoner 32 would have the opportunity cost of not picking summoner 4.

maybe this would finally balance summoner spells in a way, that not every single champion has to take flash every single game, without just making the combination of flash + whatever new or buffed summoner mandatory.

so if we buffed summoner 6 we wouldnt have every mid laner run summoner 4 summoner 6, but some of them might actually pick rather one over the other.

if we introduced summoner 32 then some champions may run it in place of flash, instead of making both of them meta on every champion.

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Malak4 votes

an easy way to 100% kill ghost

Critmaster Garen1 votes

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an easy way to 100% kill ghost

not if it got buffed at the same time.

for example someone brought up the idea that ghost lets you phase through a single wall upon activation. (maybe only usable out of combat with enemy champions, to not make it too crazy)

you dont have the instant gap closer/escape, but you could still make similar wall hopping plays as with flash, and have the longer duration movement speed.

add a summoner like snowball to that with a shorter cooldown than flash or ghost, but being a skillshot and not able to use defensively and you have another option that can compete with flash.

the main point is, that people would decide on one mobility summoner spell and not just run flash + ghost.

flash is overpowered, lets face it. but if we made other options just as strong an an equally compelling choice and force people to chose, we could maybe have some summoner spell diversity.

Herlgar2 votes

summoner 13 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070

Also what happens with summoner 11

Critmaster Garen1 votes

{quoted}

summoner 13 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070

Also what happens with summoner 11

id say smite would be its own thing.

and literally no one takes clarity. i dont even know why this summoner is still in the game, and not removed before any of the other summoners that theyve removed in the past.

even revive was still picked by karthus.

redniwediS1 votes

This would give Unsealed Spellbook an additional use, being able to use spells that are exclusive to one another. I like it.

Meep Man1 votes

I feel like this would only further reduce diversity. Everyone would end up picking whichever was best from each category at the time unless they have insane synergy.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

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I feel like this would only further reduce diversity. Everyone would end up picking whichever was best from each category at the time unless they have insane synergy.

you mean less diversity than literally everyone picking flash?

i dont think its possible at this point.

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