Which abilities feel the absolute worst to misuse?

Lovely Pants·3/4/2016, 11:26:05 PM·19 votes·4,693 views

Time for some catharsis through our mutual shame, friends. What champions do you fear using the most out of the horrible misplays you might possibly commit?

This question comes to mind after the last match I played with an allied Poppy who landed a perfect fully charged ultimate on an enemy Katarina...who landed smack dab on top of our low health Aatrox pushing further up the lane. Hilarity ensued...no, wait. Death. Death ensued. That's the word. I always confuse the two.

Anyway, I am absolutely terrified of playing Poppy's new kit because of how often I know I'm going to bungle her ultimate...and everything else in her high impact kit. Here is a short list further of champions who I have felt the most shame using:

Alistar Gods, do I feel stupid using Alistar sometimes. Not as much anymore since it's impossible to whiff his W->Q combo anymore, but one too many tragic headbutt enemy saves have occurred in the past. Compounding this is my fear of wasting his amazing ultimate by popping it at the wrong time. Yeah, good thing I saved that 70% damage reduction to cleanse that root when I'm at 10% health now after the enemy team has unloaded all of their burst on me!

Janna This is only with one specific condition. I will under no circumstances ever pick Janna if there is a Malzahar on my team. I'm...I'm sure a Malzahar player out there can help explain why.

Fiddlesticks Assume fetal position CAW CAW CAW Oh, look. The enemy isn't actually bunching up inside the bush I thought I saw them hiding in 3 seconds ago. Ha ha. I hope they don't have a ward there to see my failure. Heh heh heh, time to press R oh dang the teamfight suddenly moved 2 feet up the- CAW CAW CAW Guuuuuys, wait up! At least let me get a couple ticks of damage off! Please. No. Fiddlesticks. Don't move right in front of the brush I was hiding in to channel your ultimate. (insert quickly truncated cawing)


I know some of you are at least as dumb as me. Let the pain all seep out, brethren. Reveal to me your secret shame.

(P.S. Does anyone know if Fiddlestick's terrify still works on minions? N-Not that I've ever done that)

126 Comments

Nik Nikerson3/5/2016, 12:27:55 AM23 votes

Braum Shielding in the wrong direction. First, it's so easy that there's just not a good excuse for messing up. Second, you completely fail at protecting your teammates when they need it. But even worse is the fact you can't cancel it, so it stays up the entire length of the spell, ensuring there is absolutely no chance your complete and utter failure goes unnoticed.

Project omen3/4/2016, 11:47:59 PM17 votes

Blitzcrank accidentally grabbing the enemy Amumu in a team fight.

EndlessSorcerer3/4/2016, 11:55:19 PM17 votes

Gragas Ult.

That moment when you knock the enemy carries to safety and the enemy tanks/fighters onto your carries.

Feels bad man.

the ƒlásh3/5/2016, 12:35:20 AM15 votes

Zilean when you ult too early and they try to die but it times out and then they die item 3070

Ralanr3/4/2016, 11:58:54 PM12 votes

Sion ult. You see a five man team all bunched up together only to have them all step aside as you ult and you smack the turret behind them. Now you're behind enemy lines and your team can't help you as all five of the enemy burn at you. You're so tanky than it isn't a merciful fast death. It is a slow, miserable death that can lead you to waste a flash in the hopes of escaping.

Oh and his Q. Sometimes it sucks when I miss a knock up.

A Superb Villain3/5/2016, 1:55:33 AM9 votes

Viktor Chaos Storm

Miss everyone, ineffectually guide the ult around the map before it disappears harmlessly.

Pretend not to cry.

Cry a lot.

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Biff Manly3/5/2016, 2:48:57 AM8 votes

Bard Ult. Kill your teammates, or save the day. Or neither, just freeze Baron when he's hangin out by himself.

ValyrianBlade3/5/2016, 12:08:43 AM7 votes

Jinx Ult - It feels terrible when you stop chasing (to prioritize a new target in a teamfight) because you feel certain about their path and just use your ult to finish, and miss.

Gnar Ult - It's almost instant and thus should be really easy to hit. So missing it (especially if you're e-flashing in the middle of 4 people and it turns out 3 of them are out of range...) feels awful. Worst was I was Quinn blinded once as I was mid jump-transform in, and I tried the ult blind as I expected to be in the middle of 4 people. Didn't hit a single one.

Malphite Ult - actually never missed this one (mostly because I've played like 1 or 2 games of Malphite), but I feel shame for my allies when they miss it because it's just so easy to hit. Meanwhile when I dodge it without flash, I feel a lot of pride.

TahmKench W - WHY DOES THIS PRIORITIZE ALLIES AND MINIONS OVER MAX STACKS ENEMY CHAMPIONS? Like seriously, this is the most clunky ability in the game... It's probably single-handedly the reason why he's very strong in LCS and does terribly in solo queue (you can't tell your dashing allies to not dash on to the carry you're about to devour in solo queue...)

Knoyle3/5/2016, 12:51:49 AM6 votes

Poppy congrats you saved the squishy that would have been deleted by your Assassin.

Zorasama3/5/2016, 2:52:13 AM6 votes

Garen TFW YOU ULT WRONG TARGET

pls don't stand on top of your teammate

Jet Sett3/5/2016, 12:55:15 AM6 votes

TwistedFate pulling a Reggie-Red card when you're about to get ganked...

67chrome3/4/2016, 11:41:44 PM5 votes

Which abilities feel the absolute worst to misuse?

I'd generally go with abilities that are capable of harming your team as much as they're capable of harming your opponents, where misusing them gives your opposition a significant edge: Anivia Trundle JarvanIV Bard

A lot of push/pull displacement abilities also have the capacity to backfire, by sending an opponent to safety or delivering something really dissadvantageous to the center of a team. Galio was the wrong guy to grab there Blitzcrank , great job sending the enemy Xerath to safety there Tristana .

Still: worse of the bunch for me is probably Blitzcrank rocket-grab, because the best-case scenario is so far-removed from the worst-case scenario, ranging from S+ plays to Z- based on how things go.

Cindice3/5/2016, 9:40:33 AM4 votes

Karma e on minion instead of the adc.................

Narasimha3/5/2016, 5:28:43 AM4 votes

Anivia 's wall

It goes from

"Aha, I've got you now!"

to

"...Well damn, I just helped him get away"

to

"...So yeah, I kinda trapped us in Baron pit, and they've got a Fidd, Amumu, and Ziggs. My bad guys."

xl Kirito lx3/4/2016, 11:41:00 PM4 votes

Malphite -- Trying to predict where the ADC will move to, he ends up not moving, and you just ult right infront of him, hoping no one else saw that ulti.

Stellafreyja3/5/2016, 12:58:42 AM3 votes

Cassiopeia 's entire kit...

EvilRabbitt3/5/2016, 4:49:27 AM3 votes

Jhin ... Wait...where'd you guys go D:

Ashe Annnnnnnnnd miss. No one saw that.

Gangplank Totally wanted some minions.

Hard4Hamsters3/5/2016, 10:53:35 PM2 votes

Gragas ult and E.

Situation one: Ult fed enemy top laner into your carries. kills your team

Situation two: Ult enemy team away from your team and they escape with 200hp between 3 members.

Situation three: Use E-Flash combo and miss, leaving you in the middle of an enemy team with no gap closer left (E on full CD) and panic ulting while trying to run away only to miss absolutely everything and die accomplishing nothing.

ƒoes3/5/2016, 1:51:58 AM2 votes

Zed Now, you may be thinking, "but zed's ult is OP! it'll always do a ton of damage"

No, it won't. Not when you miss ALL 3 OF YOUR Qs AND Es, AND THEN ULT BACK BEFORE GETTING AN AUTO OFF FOR DUSKBLADE.

TheProAndrew3/5/2016, 1:53:17 AM2 votes

Malphite when you ulti the grass is amazing (it doesnt even sound)

JVP153/5/2016, 2:19:40 AM2 votes

Auto attacking.

I am serious. Sometimes, I get into a fight, and I just spam right click on a single enemy, forever resetting my AA, which means I never get a single AA off before I die. It sucks.

I PREACHER I3/5/2016, 6:35:38 AM2 votes

I'm pretty surprised no one has called out Orianna 's ult, when you break the distance tether and ult the nothing around yourself it makes me want to commit honorable count dooku (seppuku).

FastAsHeck3/5/2016, 8:27:24 AM2 votes

Karthus "oh yea 3 squishies at low hp, this will surely kill them"

uses R

no kills

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Rouen3/5/2016, 9:34:20 AM2 votes

While it might not be the worst ability to misuse I do it at least once everytime I play her..

Soraka Wish.

I will watch my allies fight and wait until the last possible moment to ult and then I use it just as they died.. I then proceed to lane as if nothing happened and hope they didn't notice that I used the ult 0.1seconds after they died cause I am addicted to the clutch plays

MargaretThatcher3/5/2016, 1:00:58 PM2 votes

Sivir spellshielding 0,01 secs after the spell hits you

1000angrybees3/5/2016, 2:07:31 PM2 votes

Whiffing Sona ult. It usually means death, the enemy gets away, or both.

Dengeden3/5/2016, 10:05:25 AM2 votes

Anivia My walls are perfect. Shut up! Kassadin Haha, you think you can dive me but the shield from my Q will ... cast times!! RekSai Whistle while you clear no - no - no, don't use that tunnel!

La Barbotte3/5/2016, 11:04:38 AM2 votes

Azir E -> Q, too late so i dont drift

Bard kill my teamates with my ult, oops

Gragas save the entire enemy team

Sion well, cia guys AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Trundle want to cut between my allies and the enemies, but instead doom them all

Catastrop3/5/2016, 12:24:12 PM2 votes

Azir's Wall. I can't count the amount of times I've underestimated the range only to have stop just in front of the enemy's face. Sona's Ult. Sometimes, when I'm feeling really retarded, I ult in the wrong direction and spam mastery emote to hopefully distract everyone with shinies. Anivia's Wall. Nuff said.

Kaeblen3/5/2016, 7:44:42 AM1 votes

so what was the thing with Janna and Malzahar ?

FantasySniper3/5/2016, 2:40:02 AM1 votes

Janna When you ult at exactly the wrong moment and;

  1. You push someone and they get away.
  2. You waste the heal.
  3. You push someone into your teammate.
  4. You waste the CD because you immediately died.
  5. Your team ignores you. Then you either die or no one gets healed. (This sometimes happens anyways)