Deciving Blue-Wards

Sire Hippington·Jan 19, 2016·152 votes·7,644 views

I have one big issue with blue wards at the moment: On the minimapo, they look exactly the same as normal wards, just that they don't act the same in that you can't tp on them. More than once, i looked at the minimap, though i had a great ward for a tp-flank, recalled for the homeguard buff, and then noticed that it's a blue ward and i can't tp, so i recalled for nothing at all....

#If bluewards act differently than normal wards, they should also appear diffrently on the minimap to prevent confusion with

19 Comments

RiotMeddlerJan 20, 201643 votes

With ya - we've got a change coming in the next patch that'll give blue trinket wards a somewhat different icon from other wards. They'll still look fairly similar (want to ensure they still read as wards at a glance) but hopefully there'll be enough distinction there to help with cases like this.

MelledoneusJan 20, 20168 votes

I'm terribly sorry for asking here, but are you planning any balance tweaks for Shen?

rtbf225618241Jan 20, 20164 votes

I'm pretty sure there will be.

UrPalAlJan 20, 20169 votes

We're talking about wards here buddy.

MelledoneusJan 20, 20162 votes

I know. Just hoping I could make this a grab bag, since every time I try to make a post about that subject it gets downvoted to oblivion for reasons unbeknownst to me.

ZedexJan 20, 20161 votes

Is he overpowered on the PBE or something? Haven't been able to play Jhin or him because of their perma banned status or others picking them first :P Custom games are still broken as usual...

MelledoneusJan 20, 20162 votes

The main issue is that his scaling armor got hit a little too hard. His W doesn't feel as impactful as it should and in general Shen feels like he's significantly weaker than before.

Valderis VandalaJan 19, 201624 votes

Excellent point, Riot should fix that.

Bump for visibility!

ElJanitorFrankJan 19, 20163 votes

I think they should just change the icons, not make them able to be teleported on.

I mean, you can put them very far away and quite often. It would make it possible to just flank entire teams using only teleport and blue trinket, within the 3 second cast time of tp.

Sire HippingtonJan 19, 20164 votes

nothing more did i ask for...

ProtokaiJan 19, 20162 votes

lol i would love to tp to blue wards it would be so awesome someone is running from team blue ward tp in front of them and cc them down

kile147Jan 19, 201620 votes

That's why they don't let you tp to them. Blue wards are too cheap and easy to throw out which would give a lot of locations to tp to.

XLCJan 20, 20163 votes

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lol i would love to tp to blue wards it would be so awesome someone is running from team blue ward tp in front of them and cc them down

This is exactly why you can't though.

3ofGot40veJan 19, 20162 votes

Something similar happened to me the other day. I was going to steal the enemies blue from their ramus expecting to shunpo out right after to the blue trinket right behind the wall. I don't need to say how it ended.