Someone at Rito got PAID to Design this...

g07h4xf00·12/9/2015, 4:43:08 PM·36 votes·2,759 views

item 3340 Warding Totem Active Consume a charge to place an invisible Stealth Ward which reveals the surrounding area for 60 – 120 seconds. Stores one charge every 180 – 120 seconds, up to 2 maximum charges.

Nothing like placing a ward that lasts 66 seconds. Why the fuck does the duration change every level? This feels so fucking sloppy.

20 Comments

Critmaster Garen12/9/2015, 4:55:39 PM26 votes

inb4 they cut the duration to 60 sec at all levels. be careful what you wish for.

Only Play Darius12/9/2015, 8:48:44 PM9 votes

Because they wanted to force the upgrade on everyone. Truth is the only thing stopping the entire map being lit-up 24/7 in season 5 was the fact that many people didn't bother upgrading their trinket or didn't even know the details of the upgrade

Last season I upgraded my trinket every game and my MMR shot up immediately. I never bought green wards ( unless I was getting camped early) because the totem upgrade was that fucking good. It was especially good for split pushing, which is impossible now.

They could have just kept the yellow trinket unchanged and promoted the trinket upgrade through recommended items and pop-up tips, that way people who care about vision aren't dragged down by those who don't, right now I feel like i'm walking around in the dark and if I try to proactively ward then my trinket is always down when I need it most.

Auryiel12/9/2015, 5:56:40 PM5 votes

Wow, these boards will literally complain about ANYTHING

Death by Lulu12/9/2015, 8:14:10 PM3 votes

Agreed, honestly as it is it just makes it weird, if they want it to scale they should have 2, maybe 3 tiers for ward duration. Having it change every level makes it hard to keep track of when a ward will disappear.

TotalJerk12/10/2015, 8:14:02 AM2 votes

I don't really like your attitude but you have a point. A huge part of being a good jungler with a team that communicates behind you was having them tell you when the enemy warded and timing your ganks around that. This system makes timing ganks far more awkward and mathy.

Before if bot lane told you right when enemy warded river brush you'd know it wasn't warded in exactly 60 seconds.

flibitydoo12/10/2015, 6:23:54 AM1 votes

Because they wanted diversity among trinket selection

instead of everyone take the 250g warding totem and the support takes the red and the adc takes the blue