Can we get a Twitch Rework/Buff?

LegacyDAP··4 votes·707 views

TL;DR Twitch is the lesser version of Kalista, and I'd like to see him be buffed in the future possibly!

Twitch is my favorite ADC by far, but the only problem I have with him is how weak he is compared to some other ADC's, and I know you can't have a meta without having weak champions, but Twitch is basically a worse version of Kalista . He is great in the aspect of team fighting, but he can get picked off so easily, even with ult. The reasons I think you should buff/rework Twitch are. His escape is extremely worse than Kalista's escape, and not only that, but she can make the support escape if needed post-6, Kalista's Rend stacks are far more powerful, and have no cap while Twitch's Expunge caps at 6, and doesn't deal nearly as much damage, and finally Kalista's kiting is so good, it makes Twitch's ult seem useless, because Twitch's ult is used for kiting, and not to mention Kalista has amazing kiting pre-6, Twitch only has decent kiting post-6.

Twitch's escape makes him invisible for 4 seconds, after not being hit for 1.5 seconds, but if hit will make the 1.5 seconds longer. Now the after effect on Twitch's Q is great, and I think the bonus attack speed was a good choice on him, and has great synergy combined with ult, but when used for escaping it's not that good, and isn't he supposed to be sneaky? Rats can usually hide in the shadows Zed but Twitch couldn't seem to find a hiding place before they counted to 10. The Q is great for engaging, but escaping? It's a last resort.

Twitch's Expunge and Poison = 1/4 their health gone. Kalista Rend is uncapped, she can throw as many spears in you as she wants, and then burst you down just by pressing E. It just doesn't seem fair. Twitch's secondary says assassin, but he can't assassinate nearly as good as Kalista can with his E. Not to mention he can't summoner 11 Dragon or Baron with his E either. Twitch may be able to hit multiple targets with his ult, and can expunge the whole team, but Kalista can just get Runaan's Hurricane, and burst the whole team down by pressing E, and chase them down with her passive. Twitch got to wait for that 1.5 seconds to chase the enemy team.

Lastly, Twitch's ult is meant for team fight's, and kiting and positioning, and you have to be in an insane position to hit the whole enemy team, and kudos to you Twitch players who can do that, but Kalista can just kite around everyone with her insane attack speed, and not even have to worry about positioning since she can change her position whenever she needs to, simply impossible to catch her out, unless you have a point and click CC, or you have a really good team synergy, and they can land stuns/snares. If Twitch gets caught out with ult (and yes it's extremely possible with all these new assassins) he can't do much to help himself, and that's what makes him such an easy target for the enemy team to focus Twitch.

Sorry if this sounds like a rant, and I'm trying to make this as nice as possible, but I feel like Kalista is just a better Twitch, and I find no reason to pick Twitch over Kalista in any game, unless you either have a team built around him, or you main Twitch, and have won a lot of games with him. I know a lot of people will disagree with me, and that's okay this is just my opinion, and I thank you for taking your time to read this post, but I just want Twitch to fit in a little better as the Marksman/Assassin he is, and not just be some lower clone copy of Kalista.

Thanks for reading again. Please give feedback I like hearing others ideas, and why they do or don't agree with me, and select a poll if you would!

5 Comments

qetzel1 votes

I disagree with your suggestion that Kalista is just a better Twitch. Aside from the E they play completely differently. Twitch is an immobile mid game assassin-type ADC who transitions into late game teamfights very well. Kalista is a kiting ADC who deals good damage in teamfights (with rend) and offers objective control.

LegacyDAP1 votes

Twitch can't assassinate targets very well though. His Expunge scaling isn't high, and his ult is extremely weak. Kalista can just throw in her BFF, and then kill the whole team with her Rend, and do you honestly think an ADC should have that good of objective control? The fact that Kalista can do more damage than smite means guaranteed early dragon kill. She's borderline broken in that aspect.

qetzel1 votes

She trades a lot of lane experience and farm for that early dragon - it is the late game security that is stupid. She really should have a cap against monsters... Anyway, the point is that Twitch offers different things to Kalista. The Attack damage bonus from his ultimate, attack speed and stealth from Q and active of BotRK (which he buys because his assassination potential is so high) Twitch assassinates far better than any other adc in the mid game. Kalista's ultimate gives her a better teamfight engage than Twitch and her passive lets her kite better. They bring very different things to the table.

I MAKE IT HAPPEN1 votes

Twitch is still VERY strong his ability to assassinate people is bar none the best of any adc. Yes he VERY Hard to play, he is like shaco of adc's.

LegacyDAP1 votes

Twitch is decently hard, but that's only because he has a rough early and mid game. His late game is okay, but he can easily be bullied, and kited.

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