What if burst mages had counter play?

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the world may never know...

Having a brain is a counter to everything in this game. Sorry that's too hard for some to comprehend.

What if right clicks had counterplay?

whats banshees veil?

Poke, Poke, Poke.

in some cases.

Edit: and

We knew before the mastery system was changed to provide an extra source of burst damage and massive damage amplification.

They were good times.

Mage counterplay is called dodging skill shots and kill them while they are wait on cooldowns. Very few have point and click abilities and even then, there are items that counter that ("but Syndra 1-shot me" "Buy Zhonya's", "Malz locked me down" "Buy Qss").

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the world may never know...

There is. banshee veil+maw if you're AD, banshee veil + abyssal if you're AP, no more one-shots unless mage is insanely ahead. Yes, you won't do as much damage as with full damage build, but guess what, it's a tradeoff, it's what a strategy game is all about.