How broken would Medivh's Poly Bomb be in League?

darkdill·Apr 7, 2019·1 votes·1,887 views

Medivh's Poly Bomb is actually pretty nuts when used right.

Poly Bomb Polymorph an enemy Hero, suppressing their attacks and Silencing them for 2 seconds. On expiration, Poly Bomb spreads to other nearby enemy Heroes.

The gimmick with it is that the spread can occur infinitely, as long as your enemy stays clumped together. Used right, this can be such an amusing and effective CC.

The closest thing we have to this right now is Varus' ultimate, but his is a root effect and is a skillshot rather than direct-target, plus it can't spread infinitely. The fact that Poly Bomb doesn't root you in place or even slow you means your team can mitigate/end its effects by spreading out. Used on a solo target, it isn't that strong.

If we got a new Champion with an ability that was basically Poly Bomb (Varus doesn't count), would it be totally busted?

6 Comments

Death by GlamourApr 7, 20191 votes

considering how short tfs last in comparision to hots very

ParoeApr 7, 20191 votes

Two seconds would be way to long. 0.5s or even 0.25s would be much better for leagues pace, mostly because the ability would be meant to be a distraction and not an actual CC. But you raise another question - would infinitely chaining projectiles be balanced in league of legends?

Personally, i want Frost Lich translated into league because his ultimate - and his kit - is actually quite fun, but his ultimate (at least what makes it fun) is the infinite chaining frost ball...

darkdillApr 8, 20191 votes

0.5 seconds would be too short; I'd personally go with something like 1.5 seconds since this would be an ultimate.

ParoeApr 8, 20191 votes

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0.5 seconds would be too short; I'd personally go with something like 1.5 seconds since this would be an ultimate.

The fact its infinitely chaining already makes it a very powerful ultimate. But the idea behind it being 0.5s is that it would stop flow and sow confusion rather than being very strong CC, otherwise i really doubt a chaining lulu W would ever come to fruition.