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Is there a reason the upgraded yellow trinket was removed altogether?

Chuck Charles·3/22/2016, 4:23:42 PM·69 votes·3,554 views

Currently yellow trinket tries to act like a pseudo upgraded yellow trinket from last season but doesn't even come close until very very late game which most games are decided well before them with death timers.

the ward being rechargeable early is nice since its free and doesn't cost anything, but the biggest issue I have is it recharges so slow, and the wards do not last long. last season the upgraded yellow was basically a mini sightstone. maybe it was a little overpowered as even an ADC could have 3 wards out at a time consistently just by pooping out wards.

that said, the difference between THAT and what we have now is so huge. many games just have a team get ahead and theres no way of g etting vision of important areas because straight up all you have is pinks and you cant place those in key areas when behind without them being cleared out instantly.

it creates a really bad feel when the yellow trinket doesn't give any meaningful vision for an area. can we please have an option to upgrade our trinket again. hell I'll pay the 250 gold. hell I'll pay 400 gold to upgrade my trinket again. I miss it. I miss being able to contribute to vision in a role outside of support.

42 Comments

Mimy3/22/2016, 4:48:34 PM16 votes

I miss pink upgrades... Evelynn Rengar Khazix Akali Twitch Teemo

Like I as an ADC would get the item 3362 upgrade so my Support can have the item 2045item 3364

Like it's annoying spending 75 gold.. just to give them 30 gold...

I was pretty sad when they removed stealth wards from shop. NO ONE WARDS HERE Not even the trinket... and then they blame the support for only having 3 wards down..

that's why I ADC and Support because as an ADC I use the trinket at least and try to get pinks..

hhaavviikk3/22/2016, 6:23:23 PM7 votes

well you see they didn't want warding to just be the supports job so by removing it...they...made it the supports job...ok no idea why they removed it

Spicy Rice3/22/2016, 6:12:13 PM7 votes

I miss sweeping lense revealing stealthed champs.

It makes fighting vayne such a pain in the ass

ModKnightsKemplar3/22/2016, 10:47:30 PM4 votes

And supports miss the time when everyone else helped with vision. Seriously, the yellow trink nerfs are the most under-complained about nerfs for how bad they were.

Remlap12233/22/2016, 6:17:46 PM4 votes

Because it made the game too balanced. Riot had to make the game as shit as possible this season, so it had to go.

Meriipu3/22/2016, 10:53:01 PM4 votes

I ward even less without the old yellow trinket since the current trinket has like a literal 2-3 minute cooldown so you would rather save a ward in case you need one than try to help with vision as counterintuitive as that sounds

http://i.imgur.com/LXHAGwF.gif

Astôlfo3/22/2016, 7:30:31 PM3 votes

Probably to intentionally make it so you can't ward everywhere. As well as the thing with stealth champs.

General Esdeath 3/22/2016, 10:15:48 PM2 votes

Because idiots didn't upgrade it therefore it's either useless or an unfair advantage for those who actually CLICK THE UPGRADE LIST.

doiminat0r36003/23/2016, 12:19:37 AM2 votes

The reason it was removed completely was because there was a trend. At the point where people could upgrade them, they didnt. They upgraded them rarely at low elos and it was mainly because their (likely support) team mates were screaming at them because there was no vision and they kept dying. This, and many other things, led riot to upgrade the wards for us unless if you wanted something special (still kinda salty they dont automatically upgrade red trinket).

ImmortalBloodCY3/23/2016, 2:59:57 PM2 votes

Biggest reason is because nobody but supports/junglers bothered to even notice that you could upgrade it.

So they made it auto evolve once you hit lvl 9

Voidwheel3/23/2016, 1:56:56 PM2 votes

Riot just wants to teach us how much it matters to have vision in this game.

Elikain3/22/2016, 9:58:32 PM1 votes

My name is Mike Row and welcome to DIRTY JOBS! In today's episode, i'm going to be a support aka THE WARD POOPER.

SoisauceCCH3/23/2016, 12:12:12 AM1 votes

The biggest reasoning is because Riot doesn't know what the fuck they're doing. Blatant callout.

Levik3/22/2016, 8:49:21 PM1 votes

I feel like it should work like people with Yellow trinket can get a few flank wards so they are not caught out (split pushing or laning), but the Sightstone is for setting up true vision for objectives like sieging towers or dragon/baron. Currently, supports just just do both and everyone else gets blue trinket after not using their yellows all laning phase.

Xonra3/23/2016, 1:10:57 AM1 votes

Because we can't have nice things.

C9 Scott Free 3/23/2016, 2:12:05 AM1 votes

Legit though, this nerf was so bad.

Kit DoubleEdge3/23/2016, 2:30:51 AM1 votes

They said they wanted to focus more on the careful placements of pink wards. If you want better ward placement and can't leave the base, get the blue trinket upgrade. It lasts forever, but is visible and has one shot, but if you get it early and place the wards strategically throughout the entire game, you'll have vision when the team fights start.

KetiaX3/23/2016, 8:03:54 AM1 votes

Because it was removed before green ward was removed.

And Riot doesn't like bringing things back into the game.

For example, instead of Targon's Brace, they could've brought Heart of Gold back.

Slamurai Jack3/23/2016, 11:04:24 AM1 votes

Because it was OP as fuck.

Syd4203/22/2016, 10:26:09 PM1 votes

item 3362 item 2301 OP

Speedphoenix3/22/2016, 6:10:39 PM1 votes

I AGREE