I've seen it in quite a few of my games now and also in some lcs games. Seems weird since ignite reduces healing and so does morellonomicon.
Why would someone take it over barrier, tp, ignite or even cleanse? I must not understand the circumstances in which it is a good option. Someone explain?
Kiharon2 votesHeal vs Barrier
Overall, I personally feel the advantages tilt more towards Heal for me.
Heal vs Ignite This is pretty much an offensive vs defensive issue. The other point to consider is how reliably you will be in Ignite range when you want to use it. Artillery champs tend not to be, so it can be tricky to apply it. To be fair, it's not to hard to end up in range, but you can easily end up just out of range and not get Ignite off.
I personally play Ziggs a lot and when I play someone closer range, usually Veigar, I still feel I can use Heal more reliably.
Heal vs Cleanse Cleanse is very limited in its use cases but is very useful in those cases. I personally never end up taking it because I'm not used to it and would rather stick with Heal and just try to dodge the CC instead.
Heal vs Teleport Not all champions have good plays they can make with Teleport. An extra person showing up from across the map or the ability to return to lane sooner is always nice, but making good Teleport plays is harder than it seems, especially in non-coordinated teams. Because of the level of coordination, Teleport is significantly better in pro play than it is for the rest of us.
TTK Dreadnought1 votesits useful in teamfights and gives movement speed. thats my only thought.
Mysticman891 votesDepends on the match up. In some cases like facing azir, the amount of damage you'll take is based on how quickly you can get out of his soliders range, so the move speed from heal helps with that, as well as obviously healing a bunch of the burst away.
Theres probably other examples where the heal+move speed is better than barrier, as barrier on it's own tends to be better than the heal opn it's own, but I don't mid much.
zlumpy1 votesHeal adds healing AND mobility. Mobility is stupid strong so it becomes a great offensive and defensive spell
Linna Excel1 votesMore HP when trading, speed burst, and you can heal the jungler if he comes to gank for you. Generally I prefer going either TP or Ignite on mid though.
