A VERY Important Quality of Life Change for Form-Changing Champions

DatTwo2·Dec 28, 2016·40 votes·1,728 views

Hey all. I was playing some earlier, and something popped into my head. I play a lot of , and I noticed that sometimes it's a little difficult to keep track of cooldowns between 's forms. I then did some thinking and realized that Rengar's ability cooldowns are shown when has maximum ferocity, so why shouldn't Form-Changing champions show their alternate-form cooldowns while in their other form, similar to 's Non-Ferocity cooldown display?

For an example where this can add some gameplay clarity: I throw a Spear as , then use her Cougar Form to assassinate my target. I then stay in Cougar Form to continue fighting at close range for a bit and wait for my Spear to be off of cooldown, then back off, finishing my target off with a Spear.

A change like this could really add a lot more clarity to these types of champions. The champions that I would add this to are , , , and (burrowing and non-burrowing). If I'm missing any Champions, please let me know.

Please upvote this if you enjoy it so hopefully a Riot Employee can see this and implement it! Thanks for taking the time to read this, and have a great day.

9 Comments

LevikDec 28, 20169 votes

Transform Champions need to change. They are constantly in a state of worthless or oppressive because it is so hard to balance a Champion with 6 independent abilities. There needs to be a reason why they transform other than because they feel like it. Similar to the extra damage on Nidalee's cougar form on marked enemies, but much more involved.

Gnar is a great model for a transform Champion because his transformation is controlled by something.

The Yetii RiderDec 29, 20161 votes

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Transform Champions need to change. They are constantly in a state of worthless or oppressive because it is so hard to balance a Champion with 6 independent abilities. There needs to be a reason why they transform other than because they feel like it. Similar to the extra damage on Nidalee's cougar form on marked enemies, but much more involved.

Gnar is a great model for a transform Champion because his transformation is controlled by something.

Gnar also ((iirc)) shares cooldowns between forms (if you throw a boomerang and shift, you can't throw a boulder). That's the main reason he's balanced.

LevikDec 29, 20161 votes

This is a part of why Gnar is balanced, but it is hardly the whole picture.

VoraciousXDec 29, 20165 votes

I agree with this, and it wouldn't be a buff, it'd be summoner 13 , something Riot wants in their game.Lowkey though Jayce has been too strong for a long time, those buffs just put him over the top and I hate him.