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Kai'Sa Kit: Riot Just Keeps Doing It To Themselves

Smitemuffin·3/7/2018, 12:59:00 AM·4 votes·953 views

Riot: hits blunt "Let's make a Marksman! Y'know, the class intended for high sustained DPS. Then let's give them super long range. And I mean SUPER long range, like 2500 units almost like Jhin W...except just a lot more damage."

People With Common Sense: "Okay, I guess that works for a Marksm-"

Riot: "I'm not finished! She needs a high speed dash - also from super long range - and kit her other spells out like an assassin!"

PWCS: "But don't you think her range, kit and very high AD ratios will have an unhealthy interaction where she becomes oppressive when ahead? Her bonus damage to low-health minions will let her constantly push the wave and appear out of nowhere with very little chance at counterpl-"

Riot: "I DIDN'T SAY I WAS FINISHED YET! Make her Invisible. She isn't an assassin if enemy champs are allowed a chance to fight back."

PWCS: "B-b-b-but won't that mean being very difficult if-not-impossible to balance?! She has a very frustrating playstyle and there isn't much room to nerf her when she's too powerfu-"

Riot: "PFFFFFFFFFFFT! Who cares?! In a couple patches we'll nerf her really hard, then just shrug and rework her a couple times. That's what we do."

PWCS: "Why make all that work for yourself? Wouldn't it be more profitable to produce a healthy kit at its core that can be easily tuned to fit new season conditions for years to come, leaving more time to fix bugs, make new champions, save precious budget to add new content and improve the overall user experience? Maybe finally get to those auto-attack changes we planned years ago for when you shoot at someone who flashes or walks into brus-"

Riot: loudly crinkles a piece of plastic "WHAT WAS THAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU, YOU'RE BREAKING UP! I THINK WE NEED TO END THIS CALL!"

PWCS: "We can hear you just fine except for the crinkling plastic"

Riot: keeps doing it "THERE'S NO PLASTIC! I THINK WE HAVE A BAD CONNECTION! I'M GOING TO HANG UP NOW."

PWCS: "We're sitting right next to you."

Riot: picks up the phone and hangs it up

9 Comments

Jorencice3/7/2018, 1:02:47 AM2 votes

PWCS: "Why make all that work for yourself? Wouldn't it be more profitable to produce a healthy kit at its core that can be easily tuned to fit new season conditions for years to come, leaving more time to fix bugs, make new champions, save precious budget to add new content and improve the overall user experience? Maybe finally get to those auto-attack changes we planned years ago for when you shoot at someone who flashes or walks into brus-"

Almost everything in this list is handled by different departments.

Thus her release effects none of it.

ModWulf Helhammer3/7/2018, 3:47:59 AM1 votes

Then let's give them super long range. And I mean SUPER long range,

Yes. That is a perfect way to describe a champion with only 500 range, super long

VoraciousX3/7/2018, 7:44:20 AM1 votes

Vayne can crush her because of the 500 range. I'd imagine Caitlyn and other champions will as well. Her Q only does good damage to minions and her W will rarely be upgraded which means less stacks.