Xin Zhao Clarity Buff?!?

WizzyWickz··3 votes·618 views
Xin Zhao's Battle Cry Passive Heal needs a Counter/Ticker for Clarity!

I noticed on the PBE recently that XinZhao is getting buffed. His E and more importantly his W, Battle Cry, are getting an increase in their numbers or something, which is nice an all but arguably not really needed as he one of the few junglers who actually do ok in the jungle nowadays and i think its his kit rather than his numbers that is "holding him down". HOWEVER, my main issue with these buffs is that Rito still haven't given XinZhao a CLARITY TICKER/COUNTER ICON for his passive battle cry! For the life of me I just can't understand why he doesn't have one, as almost every other champ with an "every X attack/spells this happens" ability or passive (Master Yi, Caitlyn, Udyr, Aatrox, Annie, Cassio, Volibear, Skarner, Malzahar, Kassadin, Diana, Kog'Maw, Miss Fortune, Kennen, Jinx, Jax, Graves, Cho'Gath, Braum) has since been given a ticker/counter icon to keep track of it and it would be such a good quality of life boost for him! item 3070

I would take a random person's comments from a year ago as it sums up the argument pretty well: "since league of legends is directing towards quality of life gameplay and clarity. I think for added clarity it would be good for Xin Zhao's passive battle cry icon to have a ticker or counter towards the third strike in order to tell the player when they will heal upon the next attack instead of keeping count themselves, which is useful and clear to let players make plays when they are low on health and can re-engage knowing they can survive. E.g. Xin Zhao is running away after a quick engage and is low on health with 2 stacks on battle cry's passive he could make use of it by auto attacking a minion he walks by to gain some much needed health to survive the chase." Nothing happened then so I feel we need to rekindle the discussion for the small but needed, quality of life buff!

TL;DR Rito keep your numbers buff, just show XinZhao some love and give him a summoner 13 / quality of life buff with a ticker/counter icon for his Battle Cry passive!

4 Comments

RazorTS1 votes

just for consistency reason counter would be great. I personally always count in my head, played so many games with him, but would be helpful for allies and enemy?

WizzyWickz1 votes

For consistency and diversity I think an icon would just be such a quality of life boost. A counter that both enemies and allies could see, so you know when to aa for a cheeky heal and they know when to back off in close duel, without either side having to count. I don't know about you but i find counting very annoying, especially when in the heat of battle and trying to focus on other things. It feels like a unnecessary necessity if you know what i mean?

Captain Aishi1 votes

when you mention diana, you realise that it's a very recent addition and it's to her ACTUAL passive, which plays a much more integral part of her kit than xin's heal... i guess this means that they're slowly getting around to adding it to every champion like that, it'll happen soon for xin too i guess (and i agree that it's good to have it anyway)

WizzyWickz1 votes

True it might not be as important as diana for example, but its still a buff for Xin that would be greatly appreciated. Rito started updating all these champ, giving them counter/ticker icons, about a year and a half ago. Recently they seemed to have stopped and I cant help but wonder, especially considering they are buffing him this patch (which means they have definitely looked at his kit) if they have forgot about Xin or have a reason why they haven't added it for him.

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