Since the New Drakes Were Mentioned In Riot's New Aricle...

RiceIsGood·10/12/2016, 4:11:47 AM·1 votes·316 views
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To start things off I really like the new drake system. I feel Riot really reached their goal of making dragon feel useful and worthy again. There are many things to give credit to Riot too for this new change. Such as dragons spawning randomly so team's can't abuse certain dragons with a certain degree of predictability(I'll touch on this subject again later). Also the very variety of dragons and very distinct impact and effect it has on the game, although some may have more impact than others. Looking at you cloud and infernal. I feel this was Riot's intent to create a more decision and control of what a team might want to do with drag, e.g. prioritizing it or denying it. Although this is all good and all and I feel it has had an overall positive effect on the game. There is one glaring issue that I'm sure many of you have faced or noticed in your own games. The way drakes spawn at times is too underwhelming or overpowering. Simply the same drake can spawn too many times or too little. The biggest offender I feel is infernal drake in this example, although I do think a double spawn is fine and rewarding and can all provide the possibility of a comeback. If an infernal drake spawns three times in a row the game is practically gg and a team that is going even or slightly behind will never have a chance to comeback due to this discrepancy of raw damage. I believe this causes a serious upset in the playing environment and can be toxic to play against at times. Also the opposite holds true. Triple cloud drake won't really solidify your lead as a team to end or it would just make coming back harder as well.

tl;dr There should be a better system to the way drakes spawn because the lack or rate some drakes spawn in is too overwhelming or underwhelming.

This is just my opinion feel free to discuss below

1 Comments

Nar7ia10/12/2016, 5:26:24 AM1 votes

I just wish they give us back the old drakes that gave exp and gold :l