Why can't we TP to the Nexus building or Inhibitors?

awdaf·May 1, 2017·28 votes·2,050 views

Just curious

26 Comments

SzGamer227May 1, 20179 votes

Gives towers more strategic importance. If you can teleport to the towers in front of inhibitors/nexus but not to the inhibs/nexus themselves, that adds strategic value to the towers. Inhibitors respawn and nexus ends the game, so teleporting is restricted to towers, which are lost permanently but don't end the game, and the impact that taking objectives has on the ability to teleport is maximized.

A Basic IslandMay 1, 20176 votes

teleport used to give invulnerability to even towers if i remember correctly. I'm assuming it was a balancing thing cus that'd be broken back in the day.

DrCyanideMay 1, 20175 votes

You're mistaken. One of the easiest ways to waste a teleport is to try teleporting to a nearly dead tower as the enemy is attacking it. Your teleport will go on cooldown, but you won't go anywhere when it dies.

5000000000000000May 1, 20175 votes

They said "used to." Not sure if that were the case in the past, but just to clarify.

Chembaron YamadaMay 1, 201714 votes

He said "used to give", so he actually means that in the past you were able to make towers invulnerable with it. Don't know if this was the case, didn't hear about it. But you are correcting him for something he didn't say.

Automated RivenMay 2, 20171 votes

he may have said used too. but that is also incorrect. there was a summoner spell called fortify which made towers invulnerable and shoot twice as fast. and it effected every tower on your team.

DuskDaUmbreonMay 2, 20171 votes

I do believe that was only Dominion. Can't be certain, because I joined in s5, but I'm pretty sure, at least...

Automated RivenMay 2, 20171 votes

this may be true. I played like 6 games of dominion and maintained a 100% win rate.

137434May 2, 20171 votes

Fortify use to be on SR, it was removed sometime early s2 (I think, can't remember exactly and don't feel like looking it up). I believe a similar spell was on Dominion (and kept) but not 100% sure because didn't play Dominion much.

Fortify was removed because it was stalling out games too much, especially when the team had multiple fortifies which was becoming increasingly popular.

xNejiixMay 2, 20171 votes

As others have sad, Fortify was on SR. Eventually removed because teams with 5 of those could stall pretty hard.

What was on Dominion was Garrison; it interrupted capture attempts, buffed the towers regeneration, and raised it's attackspeed. Was incredibly handy to have, especially as tank alá Leona or Nautilus. You could do clutch-denies of points, and then proceed to tank 2-3 people with it on the tower under the right circumstances. It could also greatly weaken enemy points, so it had some application for pushes/dives as well.

MyrkrvaldyrMay 2, 20171 votes

affected* affect= verb effect= noun

As easy as 2+2.

137434May 2, 20172 votes

Effect is also a verb, although its most common usage is as a noun.

MyrkrvaldyrMay 2, 20171 votes

I know, but for most contexts, it's affect when it's a verb. It irks me to see this silly mistake, the same goes for its and it's. So many people don't know that they must use its when it's a possessive. Like the guy above me, he wrote ''it's attackspeed'', when it's ''its attackspeed''. It is so easy to distinguish the two.

Automated RivenMay 2, 20172 votes

While this is true. I don't give a shit as you knew exactly what i meant <3