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How to make Poachers smite have more strategic diversity.

Starcall Casey··8 votes·772 views

I have a proposed change to make poachers smite more diverse then the others, As of right now, all smites have the same range at which you can use smite. I feel that since Poachers gives very minimal benefits there should be more benefits for that playstyle.

I think Poachers can become meta if counter jungling can be done fast and effectively, Putting an increased range on poachers smite + dealing bonus damage to enemy monsters Excluding epic monsters (Dragon, Baron) can help this item become more diverse and competitive.

Poachers is in a spot right now where nearly Nobody wants to pick it up because it yields very little reward and potentially high risk compared to the other smites. More buffs might be needed like an increase of movement speed duration for finishing an enemy camp. But I think these changes are good for now.

Do you agree? have any thoughts on it? Tell me what you think in the comments if you'd like.

7 Comments

LaughingMan115 votes

I think this is a pretty good idea for the item, then Junglers could run that instead of Skirmishers blade for counter jungling, because Skirmishers really only benefits champions that are already good at dueling, if you had a more AP or Tank heavy jungler, that doesnt really duel well, you could take poachers instead and still get the opportunity to counter jungle.

Starcall Casey3 votes

Exactly. Btw, upvoting increases visibility so that others can see this post.

Very Hard Engage3 votes

id rather it delay enemy camp respawn times and have a further range.

RisenDarkKnight3 votes

This is a good idea. I could even see lcs players taking this to outsmite the enemy at their blue buff.

LaughingMan112 votes

Bump! And upvoted.

Jungle Lux God2 votes

On paper this sounds cool, but in reality this sounds unfair.

Remember when Nunu's consume did more damage than Smite? The patch that reduced Smite's damage under Consume's damage instantly made Nunu an overpowered jungle because he could shut down an enemy jungler just from being able to secure every camp his opponent wanted to take, especially buff camps like Blue and Red.

I feel like giving Poacher's Knife a damage buff might cause a similar problem as Nunu, although a big problem of what made Nunu in that patch was in early game strength closer to level 1, and Poacher's Knife can't be bought at level 1.

This change also doesn't fix any of several problems with Poacher's Knife in that it telegraphs your playstyle, is useless when behind, and all the other jungle enchantments are better for pushing leads when ahead.

bluddragon1 votes

The thing is, if poachers is ever strong, it will only cut down on diversity.

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