New Ward Type for Season 6
Just an idea I had...
Sonar Ward: It does a 360 degree pulse in a set radius around it every 10 seconds, revealing champion locations in the field for 1.5 seconds. The Sonar Ward is stealthed but lasts until destroyed instead of being on a timer. When the ward does its once per ten second sonar pulse it becomes visible for 1 second then becomes stealthed again. If auto-attacked during that time, champions have to act quick to destroy it or wait for the next pulse to destroy it. It will have 3 bars HP and its radius will be the same as a normal stealth ward, however it can detect through bushes and walls regardless of placement. Only one Sonar Ward or Pink Ward (You can only have one or the other, not both) can be placed per champion and it will be available through an upgraded trinket or by itself in the store.
F.A.Q.'s
_Why 10 seconds? Why not make it 5 or shorter? _ The idea is to make it long enough that hopefully someone walks by and not take notice of it, but if they do, they have a chance to destroy it. High attack speed champions won't have issues destroying it in one go, but many other champions will have to take the risk to wait to destroy it, giving enemy champions time to defend it, using sweeper to reveal it, or leave it alone and come back later.
Why make it reveal itself every 10 seconds? Since it lasts until destroyed, it needs counter-play. Nobody wants to play against a stealthed ward that lasts forever unseen.
Can champions that remain motionless be detected by the ward? Unlike Rek'sai's burrow vision, champions who remain still can be detected by the ward. No Shaco you may not just wait there. You too, Teemo. Your boxes and shrooms won't be a secret either. ;-)
Why bother with a new ward? What makes this different? It reveals through walls and bushes, thus creating more vision in areas you would normally have blocked by fog-of-war by placing the other wards, however at the cost of not having continuous vision and instead a 10 second pulse. It also has high value because it is stealthed most of the time and can possibly be undetected for much longer periods of time than other wards.
Thoughts? Also, what color should it be?
