How about we bring back Ranger's Trailblazer?

Variks the Loyal·1/30/2017, 5:14:55 AM·3 votes·662 views

A lot of people are talking about the recent nerfs to Jungle exp and the buffs in their damage, Raptors being too hard, and other stuff. It got me thinking, why not bring back Ranger's and it's Blasting Smite?

It would make clearing the more difficult jungle camps significantly easier with it's AoE damage and stun. It would throw a bone to junglers with less-than-average sustain, like tanks. Since Smite currently heals, it would just increase sustain with it's AoE damage and stun. It doesn't even need to have a larger heal attached to it, the AoE stun and damage would be enough.

Meanwhile, the aggressive junglers that dominate the meta currently would still opt for Skirmisher's Sabre or Stalker's Blade, for the offensive smites. Since they already currently have healthy clears, returning Ranger's Trailblazer wouldn't effect them much, if at all.

I can see an issue coming late-game, where the other smites could be better, but some other balance changes could make the trade-off worth it. For example, maybe Ranger's gives smite a reduced CD? Maybe it offers some resource return as well as Smite's base heal? The stun, late game, would be pretty nice for securing Scuttle Crabs as well.

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5 Comments

Pupel1/30/2017, 5:38:47 AM1 votes

That item was so broken it pushed out all other options.

Pupel1/30/2017, 5:47:08 AM1 votes

It made clearing the jungle too easy which would actually help aggressive junglers like kah and rengar who are held back because they receive more damage from the jungle than a farming tank jungle like rek sia. Basically aggressive jungler would get the best of both worlds healthy clears and strong ganks