What if Randuins instead had an AoE Taunt?

Silent Reaper·Jun 12, 2016·3 votes·490 views

That lasted 1 second? [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

Maybe it would be used more often....

Thoughts?

Edit: Boy, people sure like down voting without giving their own opinion about it

5 Comments

SasogwaJun 12, 20164 votes

It actually has a fair amount of use. The taunt would be a bit too strong imo

Silent ReaperJun 12, 20161 votes

I think people would appreciate a 1 second Taunt over a 4 second 35% slow, even though the slow is (arguably) better.

Sightless66Jun 12, 20161 votes

The taunt is way better. Like, it's not even comparable to me. It's an AoE hard CC that also fucks up positioning. That's huge. There are champions based around CC that would have a hard time competing with that. The slow on Randuin's may be long right now, but slows are so ubiquitous in this game that it's likely the enemies would have been slowed for a significant portion of that by something else anyway. It matters, but I'd take a taunt over it every day.

There is a reason that literally no items bring hard CC right now. It's strong. Really strong. Slows get thrown on wherever, but a taunt is a powerful mechanic. AoE taunts are even more powerful. Even Dota's items don't get to do AoE hard CC.

I'm not opposed to seeing items bring hard CC in the future, but it would have to be something well planned out. If we just throw it on Randuin's, we'd just be buffing that item through the roof.

Silent ReaperJun 12, 20161 votes

Yes CC is very powerful. But be honest, how often do you see Randuinis in-game? On LoLking it's at 5% pick rate even though there is atleast 1 tank per game on avg.

I consider 1.5 seconds or 2 seconds absurd, but 1 seconds seems O.K. to not be "crazy good".

Sightless66Jun 12, 20161 votes

1 second of an aoe cc is huge. It would be the strongest item in the game without exceptions.