QOL change for Talon's Rake
Is there a reason why
rake doesn't function the same as
boomerang blade and
orb of deception? Unlike these two skills, if rake is midair when talon dies the projectile immediately stops. So if talon is about to kill a target and dies while rake is airborn then it will not continue. It will stop both before it hits the first time, as well as not return to him if he dies after rake goes out. Meanwhile both Sivir's and Ahri's skills will continue to go forward and come back if they are killed during the projectiles flight.
This has happened to me numerous times while playing talon and since I play a lot of ahri as well it can be very frustrating to have died while your rake is mid air knowing it would've for sure killed the target. If I remember correctly I believe his ult functions the same way. If he dies after his blades go out, I don't think they comeback in, but I'm not to worried about that. I just feel that for the sake of consistency of gameplay functionality that his W should operate the same as similar skills.
EDIT: I believe that
boomerang also keeps going and comes back if he dies during the animation. If so, that is 3 skills that do and talon's doesn't
EDIT: I'm getting a lot of people saying that this change would be a huge "buff" to Talon. I beg to disagree. Like I have stated, this is how the skill should function to begin with taking into consideration that all other similar skills already do this and riot has set a precedent with similar skills that function the correct way on champs that were released both before and after talon. As for it being a "buff", let me bring to light that all of the champions in question who have their "boomerang-ish" ability are all in a very strong spot atm.
all see tons of professional play and are very strong picks. The reason they are strong has nothing to do with the fact that their "boomerang" abilities function the way they do. Therefore saying that making talons rake function the way that it should would buff him is honestly a weak argument imo. This change is for the sake of consistency. Even though I myself have had this happen to me numerous times, it honestly doesn't happen a lot for you to die during your rake animation. That also doesn't make it any less frustrating when it does happen. I would truly like to see a rioter shed some light on the situation.