Wait wait wait, Rakan...

Disulfiram·Apr 21, 2017·1 votes·947 views

Rakan's W (maxable by level 9): CD 12 seconds Damage 230+0,5*AP Knocks enemies up for 1 second

Malphite ultimate (maxable by level 18): CD 100 seconds Damage 400+1*AP Knocks enemies up for 1,5 seconds

So Rakan gets a slightly weaker version of Malphite's ultimate for 1/10th of the cooldown. As a basic skill.

Am I the only one who sees a problem in this?

EDIT: I'm well aware that other champions have a knock-up, thank you all. What I'm concerned about is Malphite becoming too weak in comparison as time marches on...

9 Comments

The Lost MarblesApr 21, 20175 votes

Rakan's W has a delay before the knock-up plus a longer travel time.

Malphite just zips at ludicrous speed to the targeted spot and instantly bops everybody.

Also, Aatrox had a "slightly weaker version of Malphite's ult" before Rakan.

LoomberFootApr 21, 20172 votes

"Alistar q w combo knocks people up to for around a second! Must be a malphite ult"

PlsCheckThisBushApr 21, 20172 votes

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Alistar

Pulverize at max rank: 240 Magic Damage (+50% AP) 13 second cooldown

Headbutt at max rank: 275 Magic Damage (70% AP) 10 second cooldown

Combined total: 515 Magic Damage (+120% AP)

This is significantly higher than both Rakan and Malphite's ultimate damage. The main difference here is Alistar is able to be Silenced/CC'd during his Headbutt, preventing the Pulverize from going through. Think Fiddlesticks - if he E's while Alistar is mid-air, Alistar simply Headbutts the target away while putting himself in a very poor position, likely using his own Ultimate for retreating rather than advancing forward. Malphite is "Unstoppable" during his Ultimate, in a similar fashion to Hecarim. It's also much less predictable and almost requires the enemy to have their Flash up (and a very fast reaction time) to avoid it - this is why Malphite's Ultimate is on a much longer cooldown and deals less damage than many other champions.

DisulfiramApr 21, 20171 votes

Good point, Malph's is much harder to avoid, that's true.

MyrkrvaldyrApr 21, 20171 votes

Yeah, you are, Rakan's knock up is easy to dodge since it's not instantaneous, Malphite's ult can't be dodged. This may not look like much but that's a big difference, if you can't guarantee a knock up then it's not a completely reliable CC, it requires some skill.

HyperiönApr 21, 20171 votes

Zac also has a slight knockup, Alistar does, several others too.

Whats your point? Every single one of them is different.

Darth WestApr 21, 20171 votes

I don't see a problem at all, I've played Rakan and against him and he doesn't seem to bad compared to most champions.

Riot hit the right spot I'd say, I'm impressed.

OtterlyLostApr 21, 20171 votes

Malphite's ult is flashable; its completely dodgeable as well. Its just harder to dodge than Rakan's knock up. Though I feel like they could make the delay on it longer. :/ Its got a big radius and can actually be pretty hard to get out of.

QuephaApr 21, 20171 votes

slightly

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