Maiden of the Mists AI needs to be fixed a bit

Doctor Dyment·9/25/2016, 4:14:08 AM·24 votes·886 views

Malicious made a post about this a little while ago, but I'm surprised more people haven't talked about this. The Maiden will sometimes just stop moving in the middle of the lane if it accomplishes whatever is the first goal it gets (such as killing a champion/2/3 or destroying farther in towers.) It may not seem too important, but the Maiden can actually deal a rather large amount of damage in a shorter amount of time, and having her do absolutely nothing is very detrimental when she is still up. She needs an AI upgrade as soon as possible.

4 Comments

OneMustFall9/25/2016, 5:25:14 AM2 votes

Probably my biggest complaint with Yorick is the Maiden's AI. Sometimes it does what it's supposed to, sometimes it just sits there and doesn't do anything.

Steelflame9/25/2016, 2:05:37 PM2 votes

I've seen that happen to me, and it's really irritating. I think their is a hole in it's prioritization loop which leaves it satisfied until one of the first checks is met again (Minions in front of it in combat to trigger going down a lane seemed to reset it when it happened).

IMO, Yorick needs a minor change to how the maiden works, to have a toggle. Effectively, you have the "push lane" toggle, where it will leave Yorick the next time it enters combat in a lane, and the "Follow Yorick" toggle so that he can actually get it to stay with him. As is, it's really hard to get the Maiden to push a lane when you want it to, but once it starts pushing a lane, it's damned near impossible to now bring it back as your "companion".

Saianna9/25/2016, 5:23:56 PM1 votes

She needs an AI upgrade as soon as possible.

It took 4 years for Heimers turrets to receive Ai enhancement (and even with that they suck as fuck).

So.. C ya 2020? :/

Latex Choker9/25/2016, 10:27:32 PM1 votes

The problem is that once the Maiden enters combat in a lane she's effectively locked into that lane unless Yorick enters combat elsewhere nearby, but at the same time the Maiden won't advance down a lane without either Yorick or allied minions in front of her, leading 30s+ stretches of time with the Maiden sitting afk for the next wave.