I wish Smite...

Dynamia·7/5/2017, 8:38:17 AM·4 votes·362 views

wasn't so fucking devastating on the game when someone forgets it. It should just be auto selected when someone forgets. If they have the word Jungler under their name in champ select, that shit should just be auto selected. A lack of one summoner spell shouldn't completely determine the outcome of the game. Waiting til about 30-40 minutes in til the jungler or the jungler/top (if they duo to compensate for lack of exp) to catch up. The game will probably not go that long. If people decide to switch roles in champ select, have a switch role button.

Like, come on fuck. One summoner spell?

9 Comments

i cant move wtf7/5/2017, 8:47:53 AM2 votes

Kind of off-topic but I wonder what would happen to the meta if exp of jg camps was shared between all allies in range.

Sir Yamazuki7/5/2017, 9:05:40 AM2 votes

It would be nice if each role had their own saved preferred summoner spells. Maybe this could be a feature they add in, the game already saves it for each map, so hopefully it would be possible to have one per roll for SR.

hhaavviikk7/5/2017, 12:30:42 PM2 votes

sounds like a good idea assuming you can also select a spell different from smite once it's been selected

MunchCrunchLunch7/5/2017, 2:23:23 PM2 votes

idk why they don't let people buy machete and talisman without smite.

that would be better. make us unable to finish jg items. but at least buy the two damn necessary components for clear

I see 0 possible ways of this getting abused. everyone needs smite to contest objectives anyway. so its not like you can take ignite or teleport and not take smite. also the heal on the smite is pretty necessary now. the game is 95% lost if your jungler forgets smite. maybe even closer to like 98%.

Teridax687/5/2017, 5:33:33 PM1 votes

This is one of the many reasons why I'm not really a fan of Smite as a summoner spell. While Flash is mandatory on most champions, forgetting to pick it will only put you at a disadvantage, rather than outright ruin your ability to perform your role. Smite, by contrast, really is necessary for any player to jungle, not just because champions and monsters are balanced around the spell, but because it's impossible to build jungler items without it. This was originally a precautionary measure against champions like Ezreal or the like picking jungler items for their efficiency, but we've seen players pick Smite before just to pick jungler items when they were way above the curve, so as a safeguard it hasn't worked all that well thus far. It could be worth at least testing a patch cycle where players get to pick jungler items even without Smite, just to see how it would actually change gameplay from there.

Sukishoo7/5/2017, 5:36:54 PM1 votes

Well back when Smite wasn't required for the Items people abused them in lane a lot. So, having Smite became a must for those items to work properly. If you forget it, that's kind of on you. One should always check the champion they are playing, the runes, masteries and Summoner Spells before letting the match load. There is plenty of time.