I really hate "Anti-Mobility" champs.

ModAcademy Kayn·Feb 14, 2016·3 votes·530 views

Because it just fucks over the Immobile champs even harder. But as long as other mobile champs continue to dominate, we have to put up with it, because it's the only way to deal with them.

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67chromeFeb 14, 20162 votes

Because it just fucks over the Immobile champs even harder.

Depends on what you classify as anti-mobility. If it's roots (which specifically immobilize a champion and silence all their mobility skills), then no: that hits mobile champions much harder than immobile ones.

It's also worth looking at what a champion gets in exchange for mobility. In LoL, DPS rolls rely on 3 mechanics to survive long enough to do their job: Defense, Mobility, and/or Range. So Defense and Range are usually the counterweights to mobility.

If you're rooted as a pure-defense champion like Nasus: it's annoying, but you can outlast the full CC duration because of your Bulk and still do useful things after it wears off.

If you're rooted as a pure-range champion like Ziggs: You still maintain a substantial circular area around you where you can lob bomb after bomb and AA after AA at anyone in range. Your DPS is still at 100%. If your positioning isn't terrible, you're probably rooted on the outskirts of a fight where it's pretty difficult for an enemy team to encircle you as well.

If you're rooted as a pure-mobility champion like Riven: you're Broken Wings and Valor skills are completely disabled, so no emergency shield, no dodging out of the way, no doing damaging anyone who isn't sitting on top of you. If there's any fallow-up: you're probably dead. If you got close enough to sit on top of someone right when you ate the root: you're also probably dead.

Roots and Poppy's deal hit mobile champions much harder than non-mobile champions, as that silence is pretty darn brutal and a still champion that's supposed to be mobile is doing much less than a still sniper or tank wall.

Omni-present slows or Aniva/J4 walls that mini-dashes can completely ignore are a different story: but seeing as those do peanuts vs. mobile champions I'm not sure I'd call them anti-mobility mechanics in the first place, or their users anti-mobility champions.

resumedFeb 14, 20161 votes

Poppy ?????

the only champion with a counter to mobility abilities is poppy and it only stops dashes

Critmaster GarenFeb 14, 20161 votes

yea, i really like poppys w.

but generally youre right. azirs wall, ryze snare, anivias wall/ult, nunus snowball etc. it usually hits low mobility champs harder than high mobility champs, because they essentially get permanently snared. while mobile champs still have short windows to get out or into the fight.