To give a rough example:
Place a buff on target allied Champion for a limited time, giving them bonus stats. Whenever you take damage from enemy Champions, X% of that damage is transferred to your targeted ally. (transferred damage cannot be fatal)
Would an ability like this be possible in the current game setting, or is it toxic?
Lost R2 votesYes. Involuntary damage like that is ripe for abuse. Part of the worry when Kalista came out (because her ult allows her to throw her bonded ally) was that it would be troll-worthy abuse, that some douchefag would throw their support into the enemy for larks. Then we realized that while she can trigger the ult, the bonded has the final say in where they go... if at all.
In roughly the same vein (roughly being the key word here), Galio's W has the reverse effect as what you suggested. Whoever he targets gains bonus armor and magic resist, and any damage dealt to them heals Galio for X amount with diminishing returns for each hit. It's a great spell (since it also procs off of minion hits, so mid to late game, you can avert a recall by standing in front of a minion wave and pressing Alt+W), but the only problem is the shield only heals him, and not the target. More often than not the target is the one that needs healing; if Galio wanted to buff himself, he'd cast it on himself. Besides that, half of Braum's character is about intercepting damage meant for his allies, and he's overpowered as hell.
Everything should be voluntary, and Bard and Kalista's ults are about as involuntary as you'll get without frustrating people.
jDVL20eCYs2 votesi don't get the point of the spell? the only way i could see is that a tank champion mark an allied and absorb some of the damage that the marked champ dose. a bit like soraka dose now but on a tank.
Deep Terror Nami1 votesThat sounds way more fucked up than the worst Kalista or Bard trolling lol.
I think it'd work better the other way around (you take a large portion of an allies damage), and it'd be a support that stacks healing regeneration. Would be like a Soraka heal, but less protection to the target ally and more protection to the caster and is cast preemptively like a shield.
darkdill1 votesPerhaps.
360D3GR3SS1 votesI think what you should instead try is throwing a buff on an ally and take a % of the damage dealt to them. Not the other way around.
Centuros1 votesWhy an ally? Transfer damage to ENEMY champions! (New OP incoming)