Are Champion Specific Synergies In a Kit Going to be Used More?

Meep Man·Apr 10, 2017·2 votes·267 views

With Rakan and Xayah, they have a couple synergy mechanics in their kit that ONLY apply to each other. Is this something that would be a good idea to possibly introduce in other future champion kits? Maybe not just on one other champion, but groups of champions. For example:

Release a cloud of microscopic organisms in the target direction that heal allies that enter the cloud for 20/30/40/50/60 (+15% AP) health per second for 3 seconds. The cloud persists for 3 seconds. Void creatures that enter the cloud also gain 10/15/20/25/30 armor and magic resist for the duration of their healing.

I wanted to ask Riot if this is a good idea or only something they want to do with Rakan and Xayah. Do they want to introduce mechanics like this to make team building more complicated or only have it be used sparingly if at all after the next two champions?

3 Comments

DreadlocksApr 10, 20173 votes

I think this is a horrible idea personally.. I don't think tying a champions power into another champion directly is a healthy design.. If a champion synergizes well due to champion kits.. thats different.

Meep ManApr 10, 20171 votes

I have the same idea, but am curious if this is a future we are looking at.

IncognonymousApr 10, 20172 votes

There are good ways to do it, but developers of Riot's caliber likely can't pull it off-- and that's not even a criticism. It's hard to put synergy in a team game without being gimmicky or overpowered.