unpopular opinion: Ignite should NOT kill you, but only lower your health to 1 hp

And what if you apply ignite when the enemy is at 20 hp? You just waste the spell? Seems pretty stupid considering ignite is the only summoner spell that is designed to kill the opponent.

Cool. Any reason why you believe that?

The cooldown would need to be shorter and/or the overall damage would need to be higher. But honestly, I'd be fine with that. It feels terrible to die to a point-and-click DoT while your enemy is a screen away. I get that those "fade away" Ignite kills make people feel powerful, but I'd rather die to my opponent's input rather than a burn effect.

At this point in the game I agree with you. There's so much damage it's no longer needed

Buff 's duration so it actually helps against it, would be a start.

Fucking mid ignite mitigates more damage than barrier's abysmal duration does. Even through the Grevious wounds Heal just outclasses Barrier by miles.

Hell I'd settle for Ignite even doing its same damage over 4s from 5 if Barrier's duration was increased for 2 to 4 to match it. The damage would still eat through Barrier, but at the least it would give partial respite from the spell.