Riot, can champions ability descriptions in the client be more informative please?

Wifu Pillow·4/7/2018, 2:44:57 AM·2 votes·310 views

This is not an attack, just questions i have for Riot.

This is a problem I have had for a while, but I just decided to post about it now. I was looking at Irelias new abilities in the client, specifically her R. The description says that it disarms enemies who walk through it. That's great and all, but what does disarm do? The description doesn't tell me. Why doesn't it tell me?

Yes, I know I can Google it and I have, but shouldn't it just tell me what disarm means in the description?

I have a somewhat similar problem with damage numbers, why doesn't it tell me how much damage the skills do per level in the client? Also the AP/AD scalings. I feel like this is relevant information to have before I get into a game. I can see this info in game, just not in the client. This is info I need before I get into the game. I've played a couple hours of Dota 2, and this information is in the Dota client. I feel like I shouldn't have to look to an outside source for this information. It's not like its information that's meant to be secret, I mean it's freely available on the internet.

Vague client descriptions are a problem I've noticed since I started playing and I just cant understand why Riot leaves the descriptions so vague. Riot, please give this to us. I don't believe it will confuse new players, if that is a reason why this isn't included. I don't agree with the notion that it would be difficult for new players. People interested in MOBA games generally are not new gamers, they are capable of understanding "X ability does Y damage and has Z cooldown at level 3". It doesn't need to be an optional toggle, either. New players are still intelligent.

I'll give an example to prove how simple it would be. Keep in mind it's an EXAMPLE.

  1. : (X) damage (Y) scaling (Z) cooldown (W) duration of effect
  2. : (X) damage (Y) scaling (Z) cooldown (W) duration of effect
  3. : (X) damage (Y) scaling (Z) cooldown (W) duration of effect
  4. : (X) damage (Y) scaling (Z) cooldown (W) duration of effect
  5. : (X) damage (Y) scaling (Z) cooldown (W) duration of effect

And if you look at the champs ablity screen right under the description, there is ample empty space to put a chart similar to my example.

If I am correct, this is something brought up many times in the past, but Riot never really comments on it. Please hear me Riot, this might be a small gripe but it's something that should probably be in the client and I think it's something that many people would agree with. Thanks for your time.

:^)

1 Comments

BigFBear4/7/2018, 9:54:19 AM1 votes

You are absolutely right. I thought the same.