Should Flash see changes?

IShowerWithUrDad·10/14/2019, 5:25:45 PM·2 votes·1,243 views

I realised this when I was teaching League to a friend. is so omnipresent and no one seems to pay attention to it. If it were a champion, some changes would be brought to it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not mad everytime I see this summoner spell in a game. This summoner spell has so much versatility and I wonder what would happen if it were nerfed. The immediate reaction to a nerf to this mobility spell would be a monopoly of assassins, as they don't need as much as the immobile champions. This is a situation that I would personally dislike. I do understand that it sounds like a bad idea to directly nerf , so would it be a better idea to instead buff other summoner spells. Anyways, I just wonder if changing the importance of summoner spells would bring someting new to the game. I still haven't made my mind about this, so please tell me your opinion.

10 Comments

Zlera10/14/2019, 5:32:16 PM3 votes

summoner 4 → {{summoner:52}}

preternatural10/14/2019, 5:34:12 PM2 votes

um, probably not it's in a good spot even if it is infinitely better than everything else. shortening it's range probably makes it assassin exclusive. lengthening it's cooldown probably breaks balance in ways i don't even want to consider. and the option of buffing everything else is just about always met with derision. for instance i would reject any buff to teleport, and most would be incredulous at that for reasons i cannot fathom outside of them lacking knowledge. barrier probably needs a buff but like...when it's good it's too good. heal, dunno, seems alright. exhaust could get buffed and be welcome. cleanse needs a shorter cooldown but that breaks the pro game. even if ghost were buffed it remains a niche summoner. um what else is there :/ ignite is fine. clarity isn't even a summoner, maybe combine it with heal who knows. smite needs jungle camp smite bonuses back but rito are so anti that fruity shit in the jungle so i don't see it changing.

Zero Shingetsu10/14/2019, 5:40:25 PM1 votes

Flash should be removed, to be honest. It's a crutch. I've never seen a newbie tool clung too for so far into a player's career in any other game I've ever played. If you can't position strategically, you need to be improving, not burning Flash for kills.

ZephyrDrake10/14/2019, 6:14:19 PM1 votes

flash has been nerfed repeatedly over the course of the game, it had a shorter CD and longer range. Buffing other summoner spells is something that should be done very carefully since you don't want another "ignite/teleport or bust" scenario. Some of the weaker ones should def get some sort of buff so that they are actually at least considered outside of insane niche situations that only happen once every 5 million games.

Titanium7010/14/2019, 8:34:30 PM1 votes

The immediate reaction to a nerf to this mobility spell would be a monopoly of assassins, as they don't need as much as the immobile champions.

That's quite non sense. Most kills Assassins score early on are direct results of flash either as an additional gapcloser as a way to dodge CC or as towerdiving tool. No other class can draw as much profit out of flash as assassin do early game. Only in lategame that shifts more towards peel-dependant carrys.

Yboat10/14/2019, 9:13:32 PM1 votes

The game has been balanced around flash so much it is not even funny. If it was changed at all it would mean system while nerfs/ buffs would be needed.