Akali and her shroud
This is going to be another rant.
The more I play this game, the more frustrating the balance issues get. And for a company which used to call itself 'player centric' no longer gives a shit. The people at Riot probably refuse to balance the game due to fear of job security and kicked out once the game's finally balanced but hey, who gives a shit about players leaving anyway?
Okay so this is the problem I have with Akali and her shroud. The assassin is fine, but that shroud could do with a ton of nerfs in the right places as it breaks her beyond help.
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- For one, the shroud allows her to sit in her comfy zone and continue to rain knives on her opponents while the opponents have no choice but to run.
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To add to that, towers or true sight cannot spot Akali while she's in her shroud. That means if Akali decides to shroud right before your tower and continue to clear your incoming minion wave, all you can do is walk away and bid your tower goodbye.
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The cooldown on the W, is far too low. A 17 second cooldown on a move which is better a few character's ulitmates allows Akali to abuse this ability multiple times in both, group fights, and in the laning phase.
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The move has absolutely zero drawbacks and carries no risk.
Yet, I see no patch fixing this or even touching Akali. The move could do with a MUCh longer cooldown, upto half a minute even, and it definitely needs to be made visible to true sight and towers.
If this is the case with the balance of the game, then I can see why a lot of players quit and receive nothing but frustration.
