What if you could use old content abilities on champions as an option?

Akureisenshi85··2 votes·575 views

I want to use old champion abilities. I suppose it might be overpowered to add old content but there is always the option to update it to where the abilities are fair/playable/competitive. If you've played a long time like I have, it's sort of a fantasy. What if there was an option to choose from the different ability play styles on a champion? Like Old Op healing Soraka or crazy fast old support karma. Or recently old regnar without the new annoying Q. :) I think it would be awesome.

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Timethief492 votes

they were changed for a reason. bring ing them back would be a step in the wrong direction

Akureisenshi851 votes

I disagree, not to that they weren't changed for a reason but because I believe it would give more variety and you would have to tread more carefully to find out about your enemy. It would give more options to your favorite champions and give more versatility. Perhaps it could be an option in custom games to play old champions abilities. That would bring back the nostalgia.

Timethief492 votes

they would have to balance a near infinit number of possiblities. there are already over 100 champs that they try to keep balanced with every patch. imagine all the possible combinations with the old abilitys. also they just arent thematicly fitting or a lot of champs

Aptest2 votes

i can see it hapening in custom games... ...but in ranked, i don't want to be playing ADC if the enemy Rengar has access to some of the more oppressive iterations of the champion.

Cahriz2 votes

I'd love this, however they were changed and riot can't go adding dual options for a champion- they could make it so it was clearly marked you were playing an old school version of a champion but... Just over complicates everything.

That being said, I would think they could easily implement this in a game mode- temporary or permanent if it was popular enough. There is a large enough pool of reworked champions to pick from; Completely reworked champions (Shen, Warwick, Rengar, Ryze [all variations] Poppy, Mordekaiser, Yorick, Sion, Fiora, Gangplank, Taric, Skarner, Xerath, Heimerdinger, Sivir, Olaf, Soraka, any others I missed), and significant-half-kit overhauls like the Class updates (Assasin, Mage, Marksman, the semi group support update from way way back). I hesitate to include any champion who had only one or two abilities completely changed, which may eliminate some of the champs from the group Class updates. If Riot felt a larger pool was needed, they could certainly add any champion with a large visual rework or small ability changes (like lee sin with a lot of his abilities utility passives restored.

To add to the nostalgia and overall content, it only makes sense to add in discontinued items like Heart of Gold, Philosophers Stone, Wriggles Lantern/Feral Flare, Deathfire Grasp, Force of Nature, Shurelyas Reverie, Twin shadows, Spirit jungle items, Sword of the Occult, and Will of the Ancients. There are many others, but I think I named all those with nostalgic and historical significance (used to be well known/important/broken/overpowered).

There's zero expectation (or want) for Riot to go through and balance champion/item stats; I.e. Just plop the champions and items in with the last numbers they had before rework/removal. I think his would create a game mode that many veteran players would love for the nostalgia, and an opportunity for newer players to experience playing old versions of champions and using items they've only been able to see in videos and hear first hand from players who played then. Imagine one jungled with feral flare and the opposing with wriggles lantern, or Spirit of the ancient golem; or original Ryze facing season 4 Ryze; getting able to play an old version of your main now that you've only seen in videos or taking a trip down memory lane.

I would love to have a chance to play old Shen (and all of those champions I listed) again. I completely understand and support gameplay updates to keep champions viable and he game as a whole in a healthy state as it is now a huge spectator sport, but a harmless game mode like this would be absolutely amazing imo. As fun as the assasin update is, this would have a lot more significance for veteran and new players alike in regards to playing old content that has no influence on the current state of the game, and the added bonus of having fun with different eras of champions and items existing together in the same game for the first time.

Akureisenshi852 votes

Ty for your reply, I'm glad someone else out there shares the same enthusiasm of this aspect. I totally agree with you, it would be epic if it was a type of game mode or custom. I totally forgot about the items. Yeah, that would complicate things. hah.

Cahriz2 votes

I think a temp gamemode would be awesome- i know it may take some resources and may have a very large patch file but it could definately be done and would make alot of people happy

Akureisenshi851 votes

While I may be getting down voted. I'm an optimist and I believe in what I believe in. I'm idealist. And you may have your hated opinion. But I still think this is a great idea. I'm surprised nobody has thought about it, or they have and just shrubbed it off. They could do something with the idea.

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