Can we freaking please remove mark/dash spell til find a way to balance it?

Pucking Purrfect·5/6/2015, 6:38:02 AM·9 votes·1,160 views

Tbh I wasn't really aware how broken this spell is. I get the point that melee champs are literally useless against ranged champs in Aram therefore they need something like this spell to balance the map for them but the problem is when you are on a team with 5 squishy champs and if they enemy team has champs like Kennen you are totally doomed. Mark + Dash + AOE ult = R.I.P. the squishy team...

Not to mention after mark/dash spell came out 4 out of 5 games I literally play either on a team which stacked with melee champs or squishy champs, the game mode is one sided more than ever before. Aram mode is unfun imho and it will stay like that til Riot find a way to balance mark/dash spell.

Either remove the mark/dash spell for good or give it at least 180 sec. cd.

Riot please fix this for God's sake.

16 Comments

Hinro Honato5/6/2015, 6:49:34 AM3 votes

There is no balance in aram.

DrCyanide5/6/2015, 7:15:10 AM3 votes

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Either remove the mark/dash spell for good or give it at least 180 sec. cd.

You're crazy if you think it should be gone for good or given a 180 second cooldown.

Mark/Dash is designed to counter long range normal abilities which have < 30 second cooldowns. They'd have to buff Mark/Dash like crazy if it had a 180 second cooldown (as long as an ultimate) to achieve their balance goal for ARAM (where melee comps stand a decent chance against poke comps).

At absolute most, Mark/Dash could work with a 30 second cooldown.

I'm trying to think of when Riot has removed/disable something because it was unbalanced, and all I can remember are people telling war stories about some champion releases that make Preseason 5 Warwick look like a little kitten. I don't think Mark/Dash goes that far, so no, you'll just have to wait out normal patch cycles for it to become more balanced.

Strawberrycocoa5/6/2015, 6:41:53 AM3 votes

Have you ever been stuck with a random melee in ARAM pre-Mark/Dash? That shit is what pushed me away from the mode. Im glad they gave an option to address it.

Also, all the ARAM smurfs who have nothing in their champ pool but ranged pokers can eat it, now.

FillUpYourButt5/9/2015, 5:43:52 PM2 votes

Mark was the reason i needed to leave this game. uninstalled and moved to HoTS.

Maximum Zilean5/6/2015, 6:44:11 AM2 votes

180 seconds might be a bit much considering the constant fight nature of ARAM. And in this mode 3 minutes is an extremely long time. But 45 seconds might be more reasonable since you'll only be able to get one off per major all in, and actually have it ready for the next one.

Also toning the range down a bit would help to. With these changes it might discourage everyone from taking it, and only the ones who really need it.

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Have you ever been stuck with a random melee in ARAM pre-Mark/Dash? That shit is what pushed me away from the mode. Im glad they gave an option to address it.

True. Have you ever rolled Garen against a 5 ranged comp? It was a 4v5 the whole game.

1mitation Brand5/6/2015, 6:48:17 AM2 votes

I'm with you on this. That spell needs to be balanced. I'd say it needs a definite cool down nerf and possibly even a range nerf. That thing flys farther than Nid's spear lol

BluePolarizer5/9/2015, 6:06:20 PM1 votes

Mark Dash doesn't help melee bruisers.

It helps AOE machines.

The biggest benefactors of Mark Dash?

Karthus Galio Annie

because now they have an engage on a 18 second CD.

Cindikle5/9/2015, 6:08:19 PM1 votes

60s CD, 30s on using dash Damage removed Ranged reduced to 700-900, dash to 1200-1500. Remove the untargetability when at 200 units to target.

CrimsonSpirits5/11/2015, 5:26:50 AM1 votes

no matter how hard you try, hipsters will be like "nwep.. its balanced and makes sense" .. HOW does it make sense though? beats the shit outta me.. 20 second cooldown... i see more "snowballs" flying around aram and keep thinking its some kind of an easter egg or something... cause my subconscious still cant comprehend that this is an actual "summoner spell" .... like weeew rito gg

i suggest next you make a summoner spell that spawns baron like in the middle of aram... make it's cooldown 5 seconds for the lolz too

Rianieko2/12/2016, 7:10:24 PM1 votes

I played with a squish team and the other team had a Sejuani and she kept marking me. i was yasuo trying to instigate and i couldnt because a fat boar whore kept raping me and my team with mark... I liked ARAM before this was added, apparently it is a good spell since it hasnt been taken down yet. Although it cant be too good considering i cant find any other page requesting to remove any of the other summoner spells. It's also annoying because of the cooldown, even if i blocked it with my wind wall, i would still miss it once in a while. plus, if it hit a teammate, she would just pounce in, ult and wreck our shit. I know ARAM wasnt and isnt balanced in anyway... but still. this just seems unfair... Screw you riot