Cannot be targetted... Including turrets?

BIFF·7/16/2018, 7:20:06 PM·5 votes·1,567 views

Champion Update: Akali, the Rogue Assassin

Regarding the akali rework

Quote from her w shroud interaction:

"While obscured, Akali is stealthed and though her position can be revealed, Akali herself can't be—meaning she can't be targeted by abilities or attacks, including by turrets"

INCLUDING BY TURRETS...

rito you do realize one of the only counter play strategies to assasins is farm under turrets, right?

Seriously how about you guys pump the breaks on your "revolutionary game play" and fix some quality of life issues for your player base.

Annie damage buff gets shelved but this assassin gets a free ohmwrecker reworked into her kit. Not even as an ult mind you.

Who approves this shite? Do yall even play this game?

21 Comments

AirKingNeo7/16/2018, 7:44:30 PM2 votes

if akali turret dives you:

you can see her attempting to do it
you can still dodge her skillshots because you can see her
she has to walk in a curved path, while you can walk in a straight path

MadSeer7/16/2018, 7:49:18 PM2 votes

I want to believe they designed it thinking the player would use it to jump under the tower and harass some before retreating, kinda like it's shown in the video, but if it's used to avoid the tower shots after popping your combo or execute, it's just a get out of jail free card after an all-in... which goes against the idea of an all-in.

I like mobility, I like fun champs that can do cool combos, but when you shove insane escape tools into their kits and add an HP% execution ultimate for good measure (I mean you're gonna have to stop with those at some point if you don't want to go home one day and find your friends and family sitting in your living room ready to give you an intervention) it really just becomes frustrating to play anything else than these specific champs that can do massive damage without actual risks to them.

I guess Akali will bring with her an AoE burst meta just to counter that one ability.

RookPusher7/16/2018, 7:50:01 PM1 votes

I don't mind if the turret can't hit her, but if she hits me - and the tower can't hit her - it should prioritize another champ in range. Otherwise that's going to give her an insane advantage.

Meep Man7/16/2018, 8:54:38 PM1 votes

rito you do realize one of the only counter play strategies to assasins is farm under turrets, right?

[sg-lulu]

Pretending turrets still protect you from mobile Assassins I see, how cute.

Summonah123697/16/2018, 8:59:35 PM1 votes

The whole turret shot blocking thing reminds me of Pantheon.

Zerenza7/16/2018, 9:23:18 PM1 votes

She can't be targeted by Single Target Abilities, so you won't be able to press Q on her as Annie if she's in her Shroud and under your tower, but she'll still be affected by AOE abilities and the second she steps out she will still take a turret shot, you can also see her the entire time she under your tower. Which for a squishy assassin 1 turret shot hurts.