Idea for a Caitlyn change
I posted this on EU boards earlier, but they seem pretty dead unless you want to flame Riot's ability to balance Yasuo .... Also, I'm no formatting wizard.
Anyway, the long and the short of it is I've had an idea for a Caitlyn change that could give her more of a sniper-ish feel and remove on of her many strengths. Not sure what the NA meta is like, but over on EUW she's queen ADC at the moment - can't imagine it's much different across the pond to be honest.
Why?
- She is too strong, and I believe that stems from her ability to do everything you want an ADC to do, and she can do it all well - laning phase, wave push, range, mobility and hypercarry scaling should not all be on one champion. Remove one (or more) of those and she'll be in a healthier position, and more able to excel at one of her other strengths.
- She doesn't feel like a sniper when you play her, you set zoning traps to set a little sniper nest, and you have your ult, but otherwise she just feels like a normal ADC spraying massive teamfight damage from massive range.
So, what do I propose?
Disclaimer This change is purely conceptual, it would lead to a whole host of changes in how she would play out and as such please consider only the mechanic, and not balance relating to her current numbers.
E - In my sights
Channel on an enemy champ for (time) - must stay within a set range or channel breaks and spell goes on CD.
Can't AA while channeling.
Once channel is complete, gain effects of P - Headshot on the target at an enhanced range.
The idea is to remove one of her unnecessary strengths while accentuating a sniper-like playstyle, and the most unnecessary strength in my eyes is her mobility. As for the sniper playstyle I'm aiming for, the idea is to be able to deal high damage onto priority targets, even if overall DPS is less, her damage will be on the key targets - much more like a sniper.
