How are you going to deal with Yuumi latching onto recalling allies in combat? Compare Tahm Kench

Frontline Fury·May 1, 2019·2 votes·1,214 views

Not too long ago, Tahm Kench got a massive nerf that prevents allies in combat from hopping into his ult, despite his ult being interrupted if he takes any damage at all. How will you deal with Yuumi doing the same? This seems to be core to her kit, so being unable to latch onto an ally mid-combat seems like a bit of a gamebreaker - but if she can do this to allies that are currently channeling mobility spells, won't that be extreme favouritism to enchanters versus all other support classes?

6 Comments

iiGazeiiMay 1, 20193 votes

Currently, Yuumi can attach to an ally at any point during the teleport/recall, and she will travel with them.

I don't think this is favoritism for enchanters, it's them trying to curb two-person escapes With a bit of luck, Tahm could take his ADC from a bad situation to safety in just over a second of Tahm being able to avoid damage. For Yuumi hitching a ride on a recall/teleport, the person needs to stand there an channel for a good while. You can't just both dip out of a fight. Somebody needs to have already disengaged and had the time to channel, and Yuumi just goes along with them.

Malix FarwinMay 1, 20192 votes

Thats not even in the same universe as Tahm Kench.

Crispy0SnakeMay 1, 20191 votes

They will recall, Yuumi will jump off when their b is complete, most likely

Kai GuyMay 1, 20191 votes

In other games, this attatched mechanic exists. Piggybacking on mobility is an expected usage. Nox from smite can tag along for recall for example. Pestilus in battlerite can benefit from all allied mobility and still have a dash cast afterwards.

Both cases it does not break the game.

FOR JUSTICEMay 1, 20191 votes

Can confirm Yuumi basically has a better lovers leap

Kai GuyMay 1, 20191 votes

There are some notable gameplay differences here.

Tahm had a 6 second window, after which it was a targeted location, not always fountain. The Window to stop it was 1 second after a teammate triggered his R by clicking on him. This is safety with out a loss of EXP .

Recall is 8 second channel, The window is the entire time however there is no reduction on activation. 7/8 seconds of the recall will be **double **or more the time to react then Tahms R was and it can only go to fountain which results in a loss of exp barring some goofy Ekko R Or summoner 12 usage.

Orianna already provides a good example of powerful synergy with engagement ability's like Malphite Amumu . To a lesser extent so does Lulu Taric Kalista . Attachment frankly will not be favoritism to Enchanters. For the recall potentially its a Yuumi exclusive mechanic if recalling is allowed. Any many champions already set an expectation for ability synergy because of "attatched" mechanics.

Kalista Can Teleport a teammate using her R. This is used most of never. Despite the uniqe interaction between her kit and the SS tele it is not game breakingly impactfull and often just a subpar option to more viable SS.