Small Buff Idea for Sweeping Lens

Cozarkian·11/25/2013, 7:48:18 PM·18 votes·770 views

I see a problem with sweeping lens because the cooldown is so long, that you only want to use it in a location where you know an enemy placed a ward you can kill, rather than just checking to see if there is a ward there. Thus, I propose reducing the cooldown of sweeping lens when it is used in a location where there are no invisible traps or wards.

Sweeping Lens - 60 second cooldown (triples to 180 seconds if an invisible trap/ward is revealed)
Greater Lens - 30 second cooldown (triples to 90 seconds if an invisible trap/ward is revealed)

This will make the item a useful scanning device, rather than just a tool to kill wards you already know are there.

15 Comments

Terricus11/25/2013, 9:46:11 PM7 votes

Lens does seem to need something and this idea sounds good.

Ore Wa Colonel J11/26/2013, 9:04:21 AM5 votes

Why should you be rewarded for accomplishing nothing?

Hoai11/26/2013, 1:58:53 AM5 votes

I would like it more if the final sweeping lens would actually follow you around for lets say... 10 seconds while having an higher cooldown. It would be a better replacement for Oracle's Elixer.

SteveTheShield11/26/2013, 2:17:47 AM4 votes

As a support I am very much with the idea of this buff, ever since the season began I became slightly more reliant on this tool but the wait on the cooldown outweighs going back and buying a pink ward. I would gladly accept the long cooldown once a ward or trap is revealed as long as the duration after is reasonable.

SwagSwoop11/26/2013, 1:38:57 PM2 votes

It doesn't need a buff. For checking things, that's why they made the Orb. Modify your build if you want to just 'check the bush'.

tokentheblackman11/26/2013, 2:13:44 PM2 votes

maybe not triple the CD but maybe make it on an even CD with the Vision Trinket

Stealthiness11/26/2013, 5:13:19 PM2 votes

Since so many wards are now available through trinkets, Sweeping Lens is only useful if it destroys a ward that can't be replaced. Most of the obvious wards to destroy are ones that can also be easily replaced. My guess is that Sweeping Lens will be buffed, and by the time the dust settles it will be a much larger buff than this.

Cameryn Kyre11/28/2013, 7:53:57 PM1 votes

That would make it blatantly OP.

It needs to be where it is so it can't be used to freely check and allow more chances at vision clearing.

Vision has been reduced enough.

hunnyflash11/25/2013, 9:56:21 PM1 votes

purplepistol15611/26/2013, 1:43:57 PM1 votes

MissFortune i love the item 3341 sweeping lens but it definitely needs a buff to keep up with the item 3340 Warding Totem.