A few requests to Riot
So, as the title suggests, I want to make a few requests/suggestions to Riot. No, not "Nerf Lee Sin/Zed/Fizz/Riven/ect.", not "Remove assassins", not "Bring back urf" or "Don't remove Dominion". No, I just want some other little requests that, to me at least, seem fairly simple.
So let's start the list:
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Draft Blindpick. Me and some of my friends have a certain enjoyment for going at eachother 2v2 on Howling Abyss, however there's always those certain few champions we hate facing, meaning we end up picking draft-pick a lot. Problem with THAT is the poor person who hosts the game having to pick first, then get counter-picked really hard. I mean, sure, they also get one person who can counterpick BOTH the enemy champion, but it feels pretty horrible to be the one who picks first. It's a super-personal request, but me and my friends would VERY highly appreciate it, even if it is just available for customs.
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Snowdown Showdown Simple: An easy mode for 1v1s. Sure, you can just Custom it and end the game after the conditions are met, but Ithat's not particularly satisfying or convenient. I don't think it makes for the most exciting FOTM Gamemode, so I wondered if we could maybe have it as a Customs thing. Personally, I have a strong enjoyment for challenging people who are way out of my league just to test the limits of my skill, I find it strangely fun for some reason, yet I don't get to do it often as most people don't care enough to go through the faff of making a game or setting up the rules, not to mention just quitting once "Victory" has been achieved isn't satisfying at all. I DO enjoy using a "3 Kills or 2 towers" rule with no CS counting rule though, I think this opens up the viably playable champions a fair bit due to differing power spikes and such, making mid-game champions and especially late-game champions have an actual fighting chance, but I'd be willing to give this up for a 1v1 mode.
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A new HP-CDR item So, I like to play tanks occasionally. I personally verily much enjoy Sejuani. But one thing I consistently find is that; Against AD compositions, there's very rarely an item I can buy early and feel good about that also gives CDR. I mean, sure, Frozen Heart or Iceborn Gauntlet, but I can't really feel good about it because it doesn't give me any health, a stat that is essential for the "feel good" of a tank. In addition there ARE the tanks that rely on getting healthy fairly fast, of which Sejuani is one of course. As it stands though, reliably getting Health and CDR early is just not possible without branching into two items. The current options for HP and CDR are: Spirit Visage, Black Cleaver, Locket of the Iron Solari and... Ohmwrecker.
: Bruiser/Juggernaut + physical oriented and a damage based item. Who builds a Black Cleaver on a non-juggernaut tank? I rest my case.
: The enemy Riven is currently on a rampage top while the ADC double'd bot and you're rushing THESE? Basically, this item isn't always gonna be possible to build. You could be facing a heavy-AD comp, having the enemy AP champion feed hard, having the enemy team NOT HAVE an AP champion, be laning against an AD champion or as the first line about this item said; An enemy AD champion is getting fed. That one mostly applies for JUNGLERS, but eh, it still applies.
: It's Ohmwrecker. You're paying for an extremely situational active that, honestly, seems like it'd work better for an MR item. I mean, that's the one defensive stat that doesn't make you more durable to towers ain't it? Tanks having to build MR are probably the group who'd want that active. The active is already situational and on an item that already gives you stats that makes a tower do little to you.
So, with these things considered, I feel like an item focused either purely on Health and CDR or on Health, Armor and CDR would benefit tanks and make playing them feel a bit better. Don't need to be super-special or anything, it just needs to be focused on Health and CDR so tanks have a health-based CDR item they can pick up against them there AD champs.
TL;DR: Draft Blindpick and 1v1 mode for custom games and a Health, (Armor), CDR focused tank item.
Soyeh, them's the things I'd ask of Riot. Please? Pretty please with a strawberry on top? Or raspberries if you prefer those? No cherries though I'm out of those. To have it mentioned, I DO realize a new item wouldn't really be that simple, considering balance and such, but I don't think that an item like that would be too hard to balance. It certainly wouldn't be an Atma's or a Guinsoo's at least.
If any of these were to be impossible or too hard or something, I'd at least want to know why though, for knowledge's sake.