Backtrack is too strong in ARAM

WhereIsMyBeefalo·4/11/2019, 12:59:57 AM·1 votes·1,665 views

Please Riot, every time you release a new champion, new item or new summoner spell, the community complain about the same thing every time, and still you refuse to listen: Do not overpack your stuff.

Backtrack has two benefits, a shield and movement. Currently there are no other summoner spell that can compete with BT, even adcs pick it because it´s an emergency exit in case the enemy team have an hard engage champion. Mages can pick backtrack because with the exception of some champions, or an specific build, there are no need of clarity with the hight amount of pasive mana regeneration in the map. And for the rest of the roles , assasins, tanks and fighters is a yes yes.

Mi sugestion: Bring back Barrier, and remove shield from backtrack. Would be necesary a compensation buff? In my opinion NO, because the user should know that if you want to tower dive yolo420, your gonna have to get hurt period, this would make the summoner more suitable for champions that actually build health and armor and not everyone.

But if the spell still feels weak and people thinks need a buff, i was thinking in making BT interact with distance traveled. The distance you are teleported to safety increase acording to the distance you traveled since its activation. This whould make summoner 39 and summoner 5 a solid combination for example, also this would make the spell more apealing to some assasins and fighters, also this would increse the options in combinations of summoners spells and not just summoner 4 + something else [zombie-brand-mindblown]

5 Comments

AJStarhiker4/11/2019, 1:05:49 AM2 votes

I'm not so sure it's over-powered. The 2.5 second delay between popping the shield and getting pulled out means there's plenty of time to get melted, and it still goes on full cooldown, so mistiming it hurts.

ChaosReyn4/11/2019, 1:52:47 AM1 votes

Honestly, there was that mission to use backtrack and win a game...and I took like 5 games and Irelia before I got it.

It's honestly not even strong. And the part where it "teleports you to safety" is bullshit, I died so many times getting ported into a Veigar wall...

Kledy McKledFace4/11/2019, 3:17:43 AM1 votes

depends on the context, I've seen a very weird Lissandra trying to either poro in or e in then backtrack, but she just couldn't time it properly all game long, which resulted in her ulting in the middle of her team everytime (the guy was probably high).

The problem is, in a poke team comp, it's good. But the second there's an assassin in the enemy team, the spell feels completely off (since riot overly buffed every single assassin cause you know, they can't balance shit anymore)