Why are targeted abilities and autos the HIGHEST damage in the game?

Niyumi·11/19/2017, 8:49:13 AM·1 votes·389 views

Like, you claim to give a fuck about "fair" kits and "counterplay"... but then some random braindead clicker who can abuse crit walks up, clicks on me, and I instantly take 600-1500 damage.

How is that fair? What's the counterplay to that?

5 Comments

k wìx11/19/2017, 3:19:47 PM2 votes

There's a bit more to it then your letting on.

Your not talking about Effective Range, Movement Speed, Mobility, Cooldown Reduction, and Scaling.

All of these things are important.

Someone like Draven can walk up and shit damage all over you, and thats balanced by his lack of mobility, his average range, and his predictability. It's the only thing he can do.

That alone is your counterplay, you prevent him from doing that by controlling him with CC, or you ONLY give him the option of right clicking on a tank. OR you blow him out before he gets the chance to right click.

These are all viable options. Either way, there is counter-play there. If Draven gets in on you - if you LET him get to that point, then you've already missed your mark, and its gg.

That's just a baseline argument though, we didn't even talk about scaling or late game vs early game.

That being said: I Do concede that certain champions are out of tune right now, but it really depends on who your talking about, and in what scenario they find themselves in, and even then - it doesn't really mean they are broken. Annie is a great example of this.

Zed genius11/19/2017, 8:59:54 AM1 votes

It's not only ad carries that have the highest damage targeted abilities there are some assassins and mages(or even tanks) Malzahar Akali Annie Chogath Leblanc Veigar Syndra Khazix just to name a few

egoSniper11/19/2017, 9:17:34 AM1 votes

Yeah, I am still wondering why Garen's Q does like 600 damage while building bruiser. Shit outdamages a lot of 'burst' champion abilities with minimal gold investment and is attached to a huge silence.

Then again, maybe every Garen I've ever faced was just fed...