What is Senna supposed to be ? An attack dmg enchanter ?

option paralysis·12/19/2019, 5:53:38 PM·7 votes·4,980 views

I don't think she's too strong, or maybe she is who cares, but I don't get the logic behind her. When enchanters were doing too much dmg and went mid, they were gutted for side lanes, and here comes the new "support" that can heal you while doing dmg to the enemy, global ulti shield/dmg, root you, have some sort of a fucking fog around everybody and can build whatever the fuck she wants while always being able to do dmg and heal/shield. I just don't see the logic here.

What is enchanters job then ? Just heal ? Then why can Senna do both ?

28 Comments

Paroe12/19/2019, 6:00:18 PM9 votes

Riot has three biases. AD. Marksmen. And AD assassins.

Senna is an AD marksman who builds assassin - of course shes overpowered. Her being "support" is literally riot tacking a heal and shield onto her kit so they can push a double marksman hyperscaling champion onto market.

Keiaga12/19/2019, 6:10:58 PM8 votes

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I don't think she's too strong, or maybe she is who cares, but I don't get the logic behind her.

Her kit makes thematic sense. She's been stated to be a** support** and **adc ** which she obviously is since she can reliably do both. Her average winrate is hovering between 48-50% between her two roles. Soraka has a global ult, Sona can do a lot of damage, Most enchanters have a root/stun/knockup, most enchanters have a shield, and while she may have the utility of her 'fog cloud', she lacks the utility that other enchanters have.

I don't see the issue, or the lack of logic.

Cdore12/19/2019, 8:33:07 PM7 votes

Senna is a broken design. Pure and simple. Too much going for her.

ThunderCraft12/19/2019, 6:26:20 PM4 votes

she is not an enchanter she is an outright bully.

Mimr12/19/2019, 8:09:41 PM2 votes

Closest thing to compare Senna to is that she's an AD version of Lux really. Can do both damage and has utility, the way you build will ultimately decide whether you'll be more of a healer/ shielder after the laning phase or a damage dealer.

Slitorous12/20/2019, 7:15:15 AM1 votes

She is supposed to be everything damage, heal, root, sustain, speed boost for whole team and a character who can kill someone or completely turn a fight from the other side of the map. BALANCED?

London Tipton12/21/2019, 10:10:55 AM1 votes

She's meant to be adc/enchanter hybrid and I would say she's well balanced after her recent nerfs. I can easily shut her down with ALL-IN's supports or mage supports.

Enchanter's job is to bully and poke enemies while also protecting and empowering their allies. It's basically what Senna does. So where's the lack of logic?

Her winrate even dropped to 48% (supp) soo I don't see any problem. Senna

Arammus12/21/2019, 10:15:11 AM1 votes

shes supposed to be an overloaded adc like kaisa (and aphelios but he came out after so it doesnt count) but they didnt wanna make it seem like another kaisa was going to be released so they said "yeah its a support".

kinda like how zoe is just old nidalee before her rework but stronger/with more cc.

Sennà One Tríck12/19/2019, 11:42:42 PM1 votes

she is an adc enchanter support of sorts. she can do good damage, scales well, as well as being able to buff up her team with her shroud and her healing.

however she lacks things that other enchanters have. her only cc is just a root that takes 1 second to go off and is a skillshot, and likely won't hit more than one person unless the enemy team has negative braincells. her ult is telegraphed and if you have flash, a gapcloser, a zhonyas, seraphs, or anything, it's easy to dodge. i've never really had a situation where the shield part saved a teamfight, it always depended on how many people i managed to hit with it.

she's more of a jack of all trades tbh. she does decent damage. she has decent utility. but there are champions that can do those things much better than she can.

Sukishoo12/19/2019, 6:48:03 PM1 votes

What is enchanters job then ? Just heal ?

I'd say it depends on the type of enchanter. There are mainly 8 champions that fall into a type of enchanter class, while two of them (Senna and Taric) also have other aspects to them they still follow the enchanter class.

Most enchanters focus on amplifying their allies power or defences. So you've got healers, shielders, disrupters, empowerment. Each are meant to focus on different aspects of enchantment but still act similarly.

Senna though is still pretty new, so just gotta give it time to see how they feel she is doing overall. We won't have anything major till a bit into mid January 2020 anyway since the small patch yesterday was the last for the year.