Idea for Thresh's Lantern, how to fix its "unclickable-ness"

Fusion322·12/9/2014, 8:59:43 PM·1 votes·2,204 views

**Edit: now that I thought it through i realized there is no real way to make this happen without tons of trolling, and some unwanted pulls. Oh well. ** TLDR at bottom even though this isnt long.

At least once in our time playing league (most of us much more than once), we have been killed while standing on top of an ally's Thresh lantern. I think I found a way to fix it. It would change the way the interaction works a little, but I think it is a healthier mechanic this way anyway.

http://bit.ly/1AbRMoD

This hit me while watching this Skin Spotlights video . I was watching the blood moon thresh preview, and noticed the blue ring around his lantern, and i realized...

People shouldn't have to click the lantern, they should just be able to stand in an area and be pulled back by the Thresh . Why did no one think of this before????

It would add more interaction between Thresh and the ally, and solve our "lantern blocking" problem.

EDIT: To prevent trolling, standing in the zone for a short time will pull you, as well as being in the area when it expires.

I don't see any reason why this shouldn't be implemented.

TLDR: allies should have to stand near Thresh lantern and be pulled back by him, rather than clicking it.

7 Comments

Pollyanna Wright12/9/2014, 9:03:41 PM3 votes

No, otherwise we have Kalista all over again.

darkdill12/9/2014, 9:07:01 PM2 votes

There's a reason why it's up to Thresh's teammate to click the lantern: GRIEFING.

If it were up to Thresh, trolls and griefers would have a field day with him.

360D3GR3SS12/9/2014, 9:22:53 PM2 votes

Fine as is.

Centuros12/9/2014, 9:07:33 PM1 votes

Stand for how long? Would it necessitate pushing zero buttons for a duration, or would it result in uncontrollable pulls because you just wanted the shield?

Lumus Avatar12/9/2014, 9:11:31 PM1 votes

What happens if thresh throws the lantern in your path and you 'accidentally' step on it? Do you get suddenly pulled when you didn't want?

alaskaneagle12/9/2014, 9:43:03 PM1 votes

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Riot stated they had made the lantern able to click even if the enemies were crowding it. At least that's what they said... I've never seen it pan out in game and have died a few times because I was unable to click it, but they said they fixed it...