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So I just read this about Kha' Zix on the recent Surrender at 20 article.

Taste Your Fear·9/6/2015, 8:37:24 AM·2 votes·714 views

> When asked on reddit about the team's thoughts on Kha'Zix, RiotJag noted they'd tentatively be taking another look at Kha'Zix evolutions: > > "Quote: > Sorry if here isn't the best place to ask this, but I'm simply curious, you have any plans for Kha'zix at the moment? I don't believe he's weak, because if even at the end of the game he is one of the champions that deals least damage overall, he still has a great 1v1. My problem is that he lacks reasons to picked over other AD junglers. Also his clears aren't the best comparing to the other junglers as well, and adding the stuff I said above he gets very punished and stays way too behind in game due that when countered on jungle. Are you considering something to him like more heal on W when using it at jungle camps or a better upgrade option to his R? > I don't want him to return to the state he was before being changed, but at least give him reasons to be picked. Actually, many champions aren't picked on competitive not due their power, but due not having reasons to do so. Any champion should have something they excel on. > > There's a chance we're going to dig back into his evolutions over the next few weeks and see if there's some value we can add there. It's really hard to work on Kha'zix because the work always ends up getting really involved, so can't promise anything there." > >

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My suggestion would be granting vision of isolated enemies in a vision radius of around 3.000 when Evolved Active Camouflage is cast. This would fit him more as an assassin, unlike damage reduction in previous iterations.

The implementation of a charge system for his R, like this post http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/yBOFTuRx-what-if-evolving-khazixs-ultimate-turned-it-into-a-charge-system suggests, would be nice too.

He doesn't deserve a big buff though, as despite of his win rate and situation this season, the only things keeping him back are the uselessness of the Warrior enchantment late game and a meaningful reason to evolve his R.

11 Comments

Masked Lunatic9/6/2015, 10:02:24 AM2 votes

I would like to see his passive buffed to have the execute damage (reduced a bit though) of his former q. This will give him incentive to evolve his ult (4 max passive uses in an open fight) and give him power without being oppressive (maybe?) as it requires him to move out of vision to proc and thus if he uses his ult he can reset this.

Though this would have to be tested to see if he gets too much power from this.

I agree on the vision thing too (it nears rengar's ult power too).

THEC0CK IS GIVEN9/6/2015, 1:10:10 PM1 votes

From what I know, his evolved R is mainly used by experienced Kha players who want to make even more outplays and have more dueling potential. But the W poke and slow is imo way better.His R evolution should be buffed, its too weak compared to the others.

Häßlich9/6/2015, 1:15:15 PM1 votes

I always felt the stealth side of his kit was too weak. Why pick him over Rengar, Shaco, Evelynn, etc? In terms of dueling potential, the same question applies. Sure his isolation bonus is nice, but when that isn't available, he just doesn't hold up compared to the others, and that makes the others "safer, more reliable" picks.

Rebonack9/6/2015, 8:33:53 PM1 votes

Riot should make it so Kha only gets one evolution that grows more powerful at levels 11 and 16.

Then make it so he can freely swap between his evolutions with a two second channel time so he can actually adapt to the situation at hand.