Suggestion: Veigar compensation buff (and gameplay improvement)

Stars Shaper·Feb 27, 2015·1 votes·300 views

Right now the delay and the visual of the stun made it really easy to avoid I thought to spice up his W to work in conjuction with his E:

E now has a small bullseye visible both during the placement and once the structure is placed.
If W is cast within the E bullseye its range becomes almost as large as the E area.

The Idea is making the enemies choose one of these 2 outcomes and reward Veigar for capturing the most enemies as possible (ando chose one to nullify if possible):

Getting the damage from W and avoid the stun.
Getting stunned and avoid the W damage.

It seems fairly balanced to me and offers different ways of counterplay and decision making.

4 Comments

The PaulrusFeb 27, 20152 votes

I think it would just make more sense to have his W have 1.5x-2x projectile speed if cast inside his E, scaling based on how close to the center it is cast. It makes it difficult, but not impossible to dodge his W. Making it encompass the entire range makes it not dodge-able for champions trapped inside.

Stars ShaperFeb 27, 20151 votes

I like your Idea too and I understand your concern.

Still my intention was to make Veigar's E rewarding for catching up inside more targets (though the area increase) and make enemies choose the better from 2 bad endings (if you choose to get stunned you don't get hit by the large W) which also sounds thematically fun considering Veigar character.

The PaulrusFeb 27, 20151 votes

If your only choice is between those 2 bad endings, there's no real counterplay once you're caged, other than to waste flash. To make his W damage, which has incredible scaling, a guaranteed hit, would lead to him being OP.

Stars ShaperMar 2, 20151 votes

Considering how easy is to get out of the cage with the animation and the delay, being caught up should be punished.

Being inside not stunned leaves you able to dodge his Q, being stunned with tenacity boots on the further wall makes you dodge the W and releases you from the stun before he can do anything else.