Unique Things About Champions Other Than Mobility

Dingding123··16 votes·1,148 views

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Channeled abilities

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Pryotra12 votes

Lack of mobility. I include this because in this day and age, a lack of mobility is more defining than a surplus.

Pets/traps. Kinda lumping these together, but there is a limited pool of these, and an every one of these is unique.

Terrain creation. Again, limited amount, and they tend to be pretty unique.

Non-movement imparing CC/controlled movement CC - pretty defining, as fears, silences, polymorph, and blinds are all pretty rare.

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

I'd love to see more directional CC, or some sort of mechanic that makes it so a champion can't change the direction they're walking. Slippery area that causes you to slide all the way across it to the other side based on the direction you were going when you first touched it.

Tis a nice day1 votes

As fun as that sounds, I can only imagine how infuriating it would be when you step on a slippery spot and end up walking straight into the enemy team.

At least charms make you walk slower while taunts so far only work in medium-close range

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

My problem is that we can only imagine it right now, because it doesn't exist yet :(

Troy2426217 votes

Suppresses are pretty unique at this point, granted it's a channel, but I believe under 5 champions still have it.

Immunity mechanics (Kayle ult, Poppy ult, etc.)

With the way Rito is cracking down on them, silences are becoming more rare.

Blinds are pretty uncommon, probably because they're so ineffective. I mean, look at Lee. Blind and OP for how long now?

Icy Auron2 votes

{quoted} Blinds are pretty uncommon, probably because they're so ineffective. I mean, look at Lee. Blind and OP for how long now?

You won this topic.

JustMyBassCannon7 votes

Detonating skill shots (such as Vel'koz, Karma, Lucian)

Irregular path skill shots (Viktor, Diana, Rumble)

Returning skill shots (Gnar, Sivir, Ahri)

I know what the thread says, but long-range mobility is pretty unique (Nocturne, Shen, Twisted Fate, Pantheon, Rek'sai)

Vision control (Nocturne, Graves)

Tis a nice day2 votes

Vision control's always something that has struck a chord for me. I would love to be able to see more champions with vision impairing abilities.

McAllister5 votes

Skillshot blockers (Yasuo, Braum)

Revive effects (Sion, Anivia, Zac, Aatrox, Zilean)

CD reducers (Shen, Xin, Zilean, Skarner, Taric... this might not be too unique, there could be others I forgot)

CD resets (Irelia, Katarina, Yi, maybe others)

Ammo abilities (Corki, Teemo, Azir, Akali)

Kitten of Evil4 votes

Stacking mechanics (Nasus, Veigar and Sion) Mana regen auras (used to be unique, now don't exist -- old Soraka, Mana Manipulator) Abilities gated by HP rather than mana or energy (Vlad, Aatrox, Mundo) Resource bars which require managing and trigger when full (Gnar, Rumble, Shyvana) Tethered abilities which "detonate" to provide CC (Karma, Nocturne, Leblanc) Zone-control abilities which prevent entry or control lane (Ziggs, Morgana, Orianna, Lux, Azir) Minions who replace your autoattack (Azir)

I'm sure there are more. Azir honestly is one of the more unique designs recently, IMO. Even aside from his mobility.

Baron of Bread3 votes

Stance based kit (Udyr , formerly Sona)

No cc or mobility (Mordekaiser)

CC resistance/immunity (Irelia Olaf Morgana)

Team wide shields (Lux Karma)

Taunts (Rammus Shen Galio) I would like to see more of these, they are pretty interesting.

freeformline1 votes

RIP stance-based Sona. On that note, auras are pretty rare now: (Taric Heimerdinger Zilean have persistent auras, Sona and JarvanIV have temporary, activated auras). All of the global auras have been removed, and the only uninterrupted auras I know of are on Zilean, Heimerdinger, Janna, and Nidalee (hidden passive).

The Red Warden3 votes

Makin' money (Gangplank, Ashe)

This guy is just too fly for me to remember him (TwistedFate)

Remlap12231 votes

Uh, forgetting someone? TwistedFate

Hello I am Bird1 votes

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Makin' money (Gangplank, Ashe)

TwistedFate everyone forgets about his passive ._.

EDIT: Someone already posted this. I feel silly now :p

The Bearded Bard3 votes

Personally, one of my favorite things is spells being powered by other people using spells. Maokai's passive and Kass's E. Pretty sure those are the only ones.

Sherogarth1 votes

Point-click cc and aura abilitiesTaric

junglerboy161 votes

Specialized ability combos (next ability's effect changes based on previous spell cast)

more and more, Lack of mobility is a unique thing (but mostly because there is some sort of compensation for it in having a stronger kit aside from that)

DoT effects

Non-linear skillshots.

DanofDemacia1 votes

Lulu literally lulu

ULTRAF0RCE1 votes

There are also certain unique forms of mobility, aka blinks, stuff like Kata, Shaco and Ezreal with a much more powerfull alternative to dashs in terms of the amount of safety granted in terms of speed to move

Robertsmash1 votes

Untargetability

Ratbert1 votes

Actual skill "combos" where you need to activate debuffs to have maximum effect discounting aa oriented comboes and mere % damage increasers. I believe only brand, aniv, zed, sej, cass, diana and lb have these. Akali and xerath used to too.

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

Brand is probably the closest we'll ever come to a true "Combo Caster". However, something else similar to him wouldn't go amiss.

Akali used to? Do you mean Katarina, or was there formerly something different about Akali?

The Bearded Bard2 votes

{quoted}

Brand is probably the closest we'll ever come to a true "Combo Caster". However, something else similar to him wouldn't go amiss.

Akali used to? Do you mean Katarina, or was there formerly something different about Akali?

Vel'koz is totally a combo caster.

Ratbert1 votes

forgot katarina akali very recently used to be able to proc her q with e, although you might not count that.

Remlap12231 votes

Global ultimates (Ashe Ezreal Gangplank Jinx ) Terrain creation (Anivia AzirJarvanIV Trundle) Wall pinning (Poppy Vayne ) CC removal/ignore (Alistar Gangplank Garen Evelynn MasterYi Morgana Nocturne Olaf )

Focus Teemo2 votes

{quoted}

Global ultimates (Ashe Ezreal Gangplank Jinx ) Terrain creation (Anivia AzirJarvanIV Trundle) Wall pinning (Poppy Vayne ) CC removal/ignore (Alistar Gangplank Garen Evelynn MasterYi Morgana Nocturne Olaf )

Your forgetting DravenKarthusSorakaRekSai and Shen from your global ults. To some degree also ZiggsTwistedFate and Pantheon (these three are more like pseudo-global ults). Notice that most of the global ults are offensive however, while Soraka has a defensive global, RekSai has a TP, and Shen's ult is both defensive and a TP.

Spookzie1 votes

Mind control....

freeformline1 votes

Crowd control effects that impact both the caster and the target (Urgot Malzahar Yasuo) are rare and offer significant counter play and risk if they are channeled. Abilities that crowd control allies (Kalista and, to a lesser extent, Thresh) are uncommon and sometimes aggravating, but they certainly make game play more interesting.

YOU BEEN WARNED1 votes

True damage Darius Ahri Olaf Chogath Irelia

Magic Damage AA resets Poppy Jax

Stuns that don't say they're stuns, because fuck you that's why ( ... Amumu ult )

Skillshot ally buffs Ezreal

Dodge/Parry/Block Jax Fiora Pantheon

Meep Man1 votes

Teemo True Perma-Stealth Veigar Sion Nasus Thresh Infinite Stats Amumu Entangled Leblanc Shaco MonkeyKing Clones Kennen Potential Infinite Stun? Tristana Scaling AA Range per Level

StealWolverine1 votes

How about something similar to Orianna 's ball? Dont think theres anything really like that.

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