@Riot Make Akalis W have no cast time, or give it a bigger slow.

Fatê·2/5/2015, 5:19:01 PM·2 votes·940 views

I just think the burst of speed is useless in most situations. Say for instance chasing, the cast time renders the movement speed useless. But then again the more I think about it, it's still good in getting out of bad situations, like say when the jungler ganks, team-fighting etc. I still think though that giving it no cast time would be within reason.

The bigger slow however is another reasonable balance, akalis main objective in team-fights is to go to the carries and kill them. having her w be very useful in getting that done. But imagine if her w had a more effective slow? A slow that in team-fights she would put down in the middle to make the team-fights be a bit more in favor, it would also help one of akalis weaknesses CC. She has little cc with her W being the only cc she really has if I do recall. Another reason this would be a good idea is it would also help chasing, one thing an Akali does alot of. But with the slow buff I'd think the burst of movement speed would have to be lowered.

That's about it, it's just my opinion on the state of akalis w. Hope ya enjoyed! :D

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AetherKingdom2/5/2015, 5:20:52 PM1 votes

If akali gets actual instant invis I want rengar to have his wind up halved.

Lord Dusteon2/5/2015, 5:28:24 PM1 votes

I wish Akali's movespeed boost was at least constant while in the shroud; getting 100 extra ms that VERY rapidly decays over 1 second is really crappy feeling.

Belisarius092/5/2015, 5:35:40 PM1 votes

I've been a proponent of increasing the slow on shroud for years. It gives Akali more utility and brings more to the table for team fights. However, Riot has stated that in return for high burst and high mobility on assassins, as a tradeoff they try to take away cc and tankiness (think removal of lb silence, and kassadin silence).

So while it might strengthen Akali's team fight presence/chasing power/escape, it would have to be offset by taking away some strength elsewhere. AKA they would have to take away some power from Q or R, which threatens to undermine Akali's identity as an assassin. I don't see this happening, Akali isn't Ahri, her identity isn't nor has it ever been in question.

But I digress, maybe what the OP is calling for is a removal of the ms buff, and in return an increase in the slow. That could be possible, I could get behind that. Thats precisely what I was advocating for before the shroud change. Drop the resistances and increase the slow, they ended up giving us the ms buff though.

Fatê2/5/2015, 5:49:30 PM1 votes

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