Any Plans for Da Rat?

Bad Luck Braum·10/25/2015, 2:23:53 AM·3 votes·786 views

Been playing a Lot of games with him lately. He Stinks. Literally.

So Twitch is becoming my favorite ADC (Even though I'm Trash at that Position)

Twitch - "I hear you're trash! Bow before your king!"

Really, I feel as if Twitch isn't as strong as other ADC's (And I don't think it takes ADC Mains to tell you that)

Lets talk about Twitch's Weaknesses He doesn't have the Poke EzrealKogMawCorki or Sustained Tristana DPS of other ADC's. He doesn't even have burst DamageLucianGraves . Also He lacks The mobility of Newer ADC's Vayne Kalista While Having Weaker Peel than Other ADC'sAshe Sivir .

Twitch Does have a Unique Strength In his Ability to turn into a Spooky summoner 6 And reposition himself before gaining a nice amount of attack speed. Which Combines Great with his ultimate.

It would appear the goal is to apply as many stacks of his passive as you can to get AoE True damage off before picking off targets (in the middle of a grouped team fight)

And in that moment where you pull that off perfectly Twitch feels AMAZING! But there in lies the problem. Should an ADC only be strong at one specific area of the game? Other ADC's seem to shine in multiple phases in multiple areas.

My question is, will Da Rat be seeing any buffs soon?

13 Comments

Kitten of Evil10/25/2015, 3:03:36 AM5 votes

He's a relic from an era when "late-game hypercarry" meant that a champion had to earn it by really struggling early in lane. You can see that with a few other champions from way back then: AniviaPoppy ... But with itemization and champion changes, that is no longer the case:

Jinx Vayne are some of the biggest culprits currently.

Kaeblen10/25/2015, 3:11:00 AM2 votes

I would never have played him were it not for his Lore! Such awesome, freakish lore. I picked up twitch about 2 month ago and LOVE him.

he could definitely use some kind of buff, but not a big one. Increasing his base health by 50, base damage by 1, and armor by 1 would probably add up to a HUGE boost in his early game power. If you don't like that than giving an additional +0.2% attack speed per level would also add up to a nice little buff for him. As far as a kit change, the idea rather frightens me, because I have no idea what direction it would go in.

Also: one of the big things about Twitch is that he has very few unique champion mechanics. I personally believe that is (at least in some ways) a very good thing, since the reliance on base game mechanics makes practicing Twitch improve your performance on ALL OTHER CHAMPIONS as well.

ZeroTheRisen10/25/2015, 3:37:15 AM2 votes

Twitch is my favorite adc. He's fun, and is very effective in the right hands. However, I feel as tho his passive and E need a little bit more oomph. However, good Twitch's know what's what.

AdanYEva10/25/2015, 2:31:33 AM1 votes

yea im a twitch main too, he needs more hp/defense and he'l be fine, his damage kit is strong, just has a weak laning phase because he dies as much as other adc's, he needs armor + hp +

SEKAI10/25/2015, 4:48:12 AM1 votes

Man have you played Varus (apparently this guy is still in the game file for some reason) recently OP?

Omg playing that guy makes me think everything is OP.

I hate how ranged carries these days mean "first core item = late game" instead of you know, broken OP when they hit actual late game??

Igotlazy10/25/2015, 6:31:18 AM1 votes

Apparently they are planning on having a wide-scale Marksman rework during the pre-season. They're all getting re-tuned/reworked/given 1 new ability. Who knows what will happen. Maybe Da Rat will rise to the top.