If you've spent five years on playing based off minimap and Teleport, are you a dumbass coward POS?

ryona··3 votes·313 views

Five years. Diamond since the very first serious season even if I've been at it since S2. Peaked Diamond 1 and was trying to get Masters this season as usual.

The way I play has always entirely based on the minimap and coordinating plays based on it. Teleport is a natural extension of my existence and I am constantly moving the camera back and forth, bracing to use it. All of this is a skill in and of itself, something people admit to when they claim people in comparatively lower elo lack map awareness and macro.

Ever since Riot announced they are going to remove Teleport it just feels like my world came crashing down and I lost all will to play and haven't queued in three days even as I come to the screen to play and just back out each day. They've completely disregarded the fact there are players like me and just look at the negative aspects of the SS amplified by Unsealed Spellbook than the fact there are consequences and it isn't as fucking easy as it sounds. And it's so sudden too, after at least five years of no consequence they decide they will just remove it.

The ambiguity surrounding the circumstances until 8.5 also makes it feel a whole lot worse.

14 Comments

DeadUnborn1 votes

where have they said they are going to remove it? As far as I know they only said they will look into nerfing it

ryona1 votes

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where have they said they are going to remove it? As far as I know they only said they will look into nerfing it

It's either turning into a consumable item you buy, no longer a SS, or moved to a Keystone.

You might think "oh that's not so bad" but you have no idea how much this turns shit upside down.

DeadUnborn1 votes

source please

ryona1 votes

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source please

"Looking at TP, and chilling effect it has on the game in many cases, both in pro and regular play. Things like how it makes it harder to fight and meaningfully win in top lane, increases risk of aggressive play in bot (don't so you don't get TP flanked), leads to periods of 'wait until TP is up before trying anything late game etc."

DeadUnborn4 votes

that is from the dev corner post. how on earth can you relate that to: "It's either turning into a consumable item you buy, no longer a SS, or moved to a Keystone."???

ryona1 votes

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that is from the dev corner post. how on earth can you relate that to: "It's either turning into a consumable item you buy, no longer a SS, or moved to a Keystone."???

Because there is no way they can do anything to neuter Teleport other than to remove it from the game as it is.

If it were a further channeling increase (unlikely) or a massive CD increase I wouldn't mind at all. It's the dread of knowing it's not either of this and something more dramatic that has completely demoralized me.

I have never bitched about Top Lane balance like other people, I just play the champion I love and keep pressing forward. But an overhaul on TP is so fucking unwarranted and an act of provocation I can't really just accept it.

DeadUnborn5 votes

over reacting. Many solutions that include leaving TP as a summoner spell:

Channeling time increased for wards Making it so that you can't TP to wards and/or objects Increasing TP timer more if you TP to anything other than a tower Making it so that the thing you are Tping to does not get invulnerability (example if you TP to a ward the enemy can kill it before channel is complete)

See, you just be bitching brah

ryona1 votes

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over reacting. Many solutions that include leaving TP as a summoner spell:

Channeling time increased for wards Making it so that you can't TP to wards and/or objects Increasing TP timer more if you TP to anything other than a tower Making it so that the thing you are Tping to does not get invulnerability (example if you TP to a ward the enemy can kill it before channel is complete)

See, you just be bitching brah

The reason it's unlikely to be anything you just wrote is that anything there is further at the expense of a weak lane, unless Riot is that fucking stupid and inconsiderate considering all the complaints. Hell, even what I speculate on is at the expense of top lane.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY ATTACKING TELEPORT

DeadUnborn3 votes

you are just speculating, you don't know what is unlikely and what isn't. Except for channel time on ALL objects, the changes I proposed do not impact Top lane, as you can still TP to your tower.

They are changing teleport because, as Meddler explained in the post you quoted, TP promotes not taking risks. You can't contest dragons or play aggressive bot lane knowing that the minute you push too far you get TP ganked, especially in higher levels of play were both Top and Mid take TP

ryona1 votes

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you are just speculating, you don't know what is unlikely and what isn't. Except for channel time on ALL objects, the changes I proposed do not impact Top lane, as you can still TP to your tower.

They are changing teleport because, as Meddler explained in the post you quoted, TP promotes not taking risks. You can't contest dragons or play aggressive bot lane knowing that the minute you push too far you get TP ganked, especially in higher levels of play were both Top and Mid take TP

But you are still attacking Top Lane's contribution in a game entirely dictated by bottom lane.

DeadUnborn2 votes

yeah, they aren't healthy in their current state. Promotes too much passiveness (tanky farm champs that only wait for TP and passive bot lane that is too afraid of TP)

Also it doesn't nerf contributions overall. It just shifts the top lane meta to a more split push oriented style, which buffs fighters

ryona1 votes

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yeah, they aren't healthy in their current state. Promotes too much passiveness (tanky farm champs that only wait for TP and passive bot lane that is too afraid of TP)

Also it doesn't nerf contributions overall. It just shifts the top lane meta to a more split push oriented style, which buffs fighters

So play Heimerdinger

DeadUnborn2 votes

http://champion.gg/champion/Heimerdinger/Top?

you can, don't think it would be too overwhelming though. His performance in top is meh since new runes don't benefit him too much

Kaìju1 votes

You complain a lot.

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