Suggested rework for Kalista
Hello. Out of all the champions in this game the one that I find to have the least appealing design is Kalista. So much so, that I believe that she should be removed from the game, but this seems unlikely so Ill just post my thoughts about what can be done to make her kit more fun to play against and rewarding to play as. Please note that I disagree with every single part of her kit, so I will leave out parts of it that I find too repulsive.
Passive- Martial Poise moved to W- Passively generates stacks of martial poise, up to a cap of 6 or so. On activating W, she gets as many stupid bunny hops as she generated before activation. I think this change would give Kalista`s mobility a price. Perhaps the range should be slightly increased to compensate, but it would mean that she had to think about when it would come in handy.
Passive- 90% damage on basic attacks-
I dont understand this. Is this the only way you can find to balance an adc? By overloading her kit, and then making the basic attacks weaker? I think it should be removed, and changed to something more interesting. Not something that feels punishing. You can make her passive just be the black spear, and thats it.
Passive- Black Spear Kalista instantly binds with her target. The passive from her current W is moved here.
Q- unchanged
W- see above
E- Caps on a reasonable amount on non-champion units. I dont think carry champions should win objectives with a single ability. I know you have to stack it up a lot to get it to be effective, but I do believe securing objectives should be a junglers responsibility.
Also, the slow only applies when the target has about 5 stacks of rend or so.
R- I hate supporting Kalista, simply because of this ultimate. Unless you are coordinated or can read the other players mind you will be caught off guard by this, and my problem is not that Kalista can use it to purposefully put their team at a disadvantage- even when she tries to use it properly it can cause a rift in the communication and interrupt whatever the other player was trying to do. My suggestion is for the opposite to happen- Kalista gets sucked into her soulmate`s current position and can fire herself at will. She stays invulnerable, but also immobile and does not travel along with her support.
Thank you for reading. I hope you can find reason in my arguements and I hope you can share your own ideas on how to improve this champion. I have added a poll for interest.