Flash and the META

HerpBrownstainz··2 votes·1,652 views
Flash

summoner 4 Flash has been in the META from the start and i don't see why

Flash has a cool down of 300 seconds which his exactly 5 minutes, an average unranked league game goes for just over 30 minutes meaning you can only use flash a total of 6 times within that 30 minute game. The lowest cool down flash can have is on Howling Abyss were it can get to as low as 142.5 seconds and to have this short cool down you need to have the item Ionian boots of Lucidity and the rune Cosmic Insight which shorten flash's cool down by 15% in total but since Howling Abyss is ARAM your also get the Howling Abyss aura which adds 40% summoner spell cool down and this is on ARAM. The lowest cool down you can get on flash on summoner's rift is 255 seconds which is only reachable with the boots and runes i stated above.

Now I'm not saying flash is completely useless it sure can save you or get you a couple of kills but only once every 5 minutes. I use to always use Flash don't get me wrong it was had to be one of the two summoner spells i would use but i now i never use it because i realized how little you get to use it (well unless your Zoe then you can use flash all the time). But maybe its time to change the META up a bit maybe its not, all I'm saying is that don't get up someone for not using Flash until you try it for yourself because it really shouldn't be the main summoner spell anymore.

13 Comments

Officialnukez9 votes

Not gonna lie this arguement is dumb af

WøOxer4 votes

Yes but those times when you used flash can be game changing.

It used on different aspects during the game.

Hammermancer3 votes

Ok honestly, The reason flash is needed is because it actually assures something can be lined up through postioning (Giving your team gold directly or indirectly)

It also makes it possible to escape some things you otherwise couldn't (Denying the enemy team gold directly or indirectly)

Nerfing it would reduce the value of the spell entirely, removing it would ruin the game due to how many AOE abilities work, and buffing it would really be welcome at this point since mobility creep left some champs behind anyways.

I could see flash just being it's own slot, sort of like how they gave us ward trinkets

Maybe flash should just not be a sum anymore and just be an ability that everyone has.

HerpBrownstainz1 votes

To be honest i feel like it needs a buff, its cool downs are too long compared to the other summoners spells hence why i don't use it anymore. Like i don't hate flash don't get me wrong it helps people lot just the cool down.

BenLegend4431 votes

teleport's cd is one minute longer

Jbels2 votes

Treating Flash like it's a part of the meta is your error. Flash is an integral part of the game at this point. The game is actively designed and balanced around the power and use of Flash. It will never be removed from the game because doing so would destabilize the balance of power between immobile champions and mobile champions.

Just because you can only use it 6 or 7 times a game, that does not detract from the sheer possibility and use of being able to blink that distance instantly. It could save you from a gank, which could lead to not feeding your ass off for the rest of the lane. It could lead you to the kill that allows you to snowball the lane and win the game. It could be the tool you use to initiate a huge teamfight. Flash is so multifaceted and powerful, and so needed at this point, that you will NEVER see it removed. Never.

Hotarµ2 votes

Flash has been in the META from the start and i don't see why

Flash is literally the definition of a game changing spell.

You can extend dashes, dodge skillshots, blink over user-created terrain, propel yourself into ult range for huge plays, kite melee champions, blink over walls to steal objectives, chase an enemy who used their own flash, reach ranged champions if you're playing a melee champion, and all of this is nearly unpunishable.

  • What does summoner 14 do in comparison? Well, let's see. It uh... it just does damage and reduces healing. Shields and summoner 21 also exist, so you can counter the spell completely.

  • {{summoner:51}}? Gain a 30-50% movement speed boost after ramping up for a few seconds. Can be countered completely by CC.

  • Even summoner 7 doesn't have the same amount of benefits that flash gives, and even then it can be completely countered by summoner 14

Flash has so many applications used by so many different champions that I truly believe Riot will never remove or change it from it's current state. If they did, almost every single champion in the game would need compensation buffs.

Melee only champions like Udyr Darius DrMundo Skarner Yorick (and more) would all suffer immensely. On top of that, ranged champions (mages, marksmen, and supports) would be even stronger in fights as a result. You think the game is too punishing now with all the damage flying around? Wait until you get moderately CCed and piled on without a flash to fall back on.

MegaSpaceJX1 votes

Don't buff flash there are already too much champs with mobility...

Infernape1 votes

Flash has been in the META from the start and i don't see why

Because the game is balanced around Flash's existence. If Riot were to remove it, every single immobile champion would need to be looked at. Riot would effectively need to rework the entire game.

Riot themselves considered removing it but decided against it after both community backlash and Riot realising how intrinsically linked Flash is to the game.

Ćount Kledula1 votes

having no flash can break the game in certain ways

######cough cough immobile champs

Full Brain1 votes

This argument applies better to something like hourglass or GA which often provide little value for their cooldown and item slot when you could have something better. There are a decent amount of champions for whom protobelt would absolutely secure more kills and prevent more deaths for than hourglass but they still take hourglass because META.

If your argument is that the cooldown is too long what are you replacing it with to get value? Teleport has an even longer cooldown and heal is at 240 so it isn't much shorter. Your only realistic options for your reasoning are summoner 3 and summoner 21 which are alright but they aren't nearly as powerful as flash.

HerpBrownstainz1 votes

OK, so you all have more then good points on why Flash is important and i never said i want flash to be removed from the game just the META which everyone follows. Everyone does what the 'META' tells them and if someone including myself doesn't follow the 'META' they get shamed upon, i sue to use Flash and i decided that i don't like it anymore yet people will never accept someone who doesn't bring flash unless I'm playing Shaco or Nidalee. SO maybe next time when someone doesn't decide to follow the 'META' instead of just shit talking them let them play the game how they want.

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