Riot, Stop Making Everything A Skillshot or Delayed

Nuclear Corvid·2/15/2015, 11:35:02 AM·150 votes·8,959 views

You keep doing it in the name of "counterplay." You know what's not going to have counterplay pretty soon?

Champs with mobility, because there's just going to be no way to hit them.

129 Comments

Strat2/15/2015, 11:41:38 AM54 votes

I agree, there's nothing inherently wrong with targeted spells or CC, as long as the range is short enough to balance it. With champions become more and more mobile, Riot should at least maintain the current set of targeted spell champions. Pantheon is a classic example, apart from his ult is skill set basically exists to delete squishy mobile champions. This is a good thing, as it allows him to have a niche that he can be appropriately played to.

ZephyrDrake2/15/2015, 12:31:02 PM21 votes

but... but... skillshots are a way define TEH SKILLZ!!!! what's that? good positioning and knowing how to use skills/champion/items effectively is also a way to show skill? DO NOT CARE!!! SKILLSHOTS = TEH SKILLZ!!!11

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MrSlowDie2/15/2015, 12:42:38 PM10 votes

we need counterplay !!!

->every skillshot that need to aim and prediction countered by ->one single button press of dash or jump

-->meanwhile dash/jump only countered by madlife's flay level to interrupt dash.

Zazusha2/15/2015, 12:31:50 PM9 votes

After those changes to Viegar (and Zilien, although he deserves it) I am seriously worried for Gangplank.

He's destined for a rework at some point (super happy not soon) and I just know they are gonna make his Q a skill shot, and if they change make him has any other Damage skill, it'll have some big delay (like if they turn his ult into a Ziggz ult clone, that just shoots 1 large cannon ball, unlikely, but u can never know with Rito)

A Superb Villain2/15/2015, 5:48:27 PM6 votes

Veigar "Too much mobility? My E will save us!"

Zed "Hahahaha!" Ahri "Hahahaha!" Akali "Hahahaha!" Kalista "Hahahaha!" Leblanc "Hahahaha!" Katarina "Hahahaha!" Lucian "Hahahaha!" Yasuo "Hahahaha!

LeeSin "What's so funny? I can't see a damn thing. Oh, wait" http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110401141428/leagueoflegends/images/4/46/Tempest.jpg "Hahahaha!"

Abyssphere2/15/2015, 3:25:29 PM4 votes

I would think skill shots = good generally but it's hard to support it when people like Kalista come out. Whenever there's a thread about her passive people just say "use targeted CC" and it's just like "well there's about three people with that left", and I imagine Lissandra will be the only person to keep it for much longer.

Targeted abilities aren't very fun but neither are skillshot immune champs.

Kijitow2/15/2015, 5:27:26 PM4 votes

I live on the East Coast, so it just lets me know that Riot no longer cares about champs that work with my ping. On the plus side, it's allowed me to catch up my collection of old champs.

SunnySplosion2/16/2015, 12:06:29 AM3 votes

This just in, champions autos are now skillshots. This will seperate the good players from the great ones.

cocacolalips2/15/2015, 5:35:34 PM2 votes

I can't agree with that, there is no gameplay when people just click each other to death. Then it's only a matter of who has the best stats. My stats are better than yours? I win. They don't? I lose.

Might as well play pokemon or something.

NorthernDruid2/15/2015, 1:13:11 PM1 votes

I just can't wait until they make Ryze's Q a skillshot so his full combo has 6 skillshots in it. While completely wrecking his current farming pattern.

Meanwhile his E is gonna be left untouched and remain the spell you toss out there to get some extra CDR on your other spells.

Rockman2/15/2015, 8:30:52 PM1 votes

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