WHY isn't Banshee's Veil an active?

phatcat09·Jan 18, 2015·3 votes·695 views

Would be much more engaging a concept if players had to time their spell shield usage.....

7 Comments

Social Justice 1Jan 18, 20152 votes

*facetanks all the poke spells or things that don't hurt me enough to matter*

*shields the one thing that would keep me from initiating properly*

Lord DusteonJan 18, 20152 votes

No. That gets rid of the counterplay to Banshee's Veil (using a lower cooldown, weak spell to pop it, then backing off and waiting for cooldowns to actually all in). This would allow carries or such people to literally ignore the low cooldown spells in favor of completely negating their powerful ones (I'm sorry Karthus, you didn't want your ult to land, did you?).

SexyTaylorSwiftJan 18, 20151 votes

This would be a good thing in my opinion.

disregardableJan 18, 20151 votes

Because no one would buy it over Spirits Visage.

SexyTaylorSwiftJan 18, 20151 votes

I mean, it would still have the same effect for players that are good enough to use the active :D then you can even make it a bit stronger to give it more of a risk/reward feel to it.

disregardableJan 18, 20151 votes

I would rather have consistency, thanks. An active shield just can't compete with that 20% lifesteal/spellvamp/regen+CDR.