Akali's recent change....

BloodmoonakaliNA·Jan 25, 2015·2 votes·243 views

Crescent Slash (E) no longer detonates Mark of Assassin (Q) Shadow Dance (R) range reduced to 700 from 800

I can understand the range reducer on her gap closer, but why remove MoA from CS. For me, thats essential for trading, because pre-6 akali has no laning phase or poke besides throwing a Q. Now to proc it she has to do an auto, which imo ruins her poke potential.

inb4 OGM SHE FACEROL SATIEMWQZEMQW

Im saying this because I feel like there needs to be something done here to compensate for that loss. Her E is generally pretty weak without the damage buff on the target.

5 Comments

ZahzJan 25, 20151 votes

because even if u dominate her in lane she buys only 2 items and can own anybody with no counterplay at all. Even if u do catch her she pops her troll shroud and suddenly u cant hit her with anything non skill shot and if u do have one u cant see what u are aiming at plus bonus stats. Its more obnoxious then a fizz troll pole

Leti the YetiJan 25, 20151 votes

her E has to be changed into something else entirely cuz now its a pointless skill that does damage but letting it proc marks is deadly broken and has to go

you arent here to trade or poke your opponent, wtf we cant have assassins who can 100-0 a mofo and have good poke... good laning.. safe farming ahem zed*

DanofDemaciaJan 25, 20151 votes

Riot said them selves not every move has to have a purpose outside of damage.

PrinceArchieJan 25, 20151 votes

Honestly I feel the change to E was unnecessary because it's taking away from her burst potential, which isnt the issue. She should have that, I even dare say is ENTITLED to have her E proc MoA. The change that needed to be made the most is her life steal. Im glad they nerfed Hextech because it is a niche item, if they nerfed her passive a little bit then broken Akali is no more. The issue isnt getting blown up by Akali, plenty of champions who are considered "ok" or "balanced" can blow people up, with a few items. Its the fact that she is an assassin who can essentially have almost an endless pool of health due to the absurd life steal. Hers isn't what denied counterplay it was the life steal, you cannot counter play life steal, especially in the absurd amounts she currently has in live.

TheKingDodoJan 25, 20151 votes

Oh no! E can't detonate Q anymore! D: God foresake I use my auto! E is not by any means weak without Q proc. It's meant to soften up the target before you execute them with your Q burst