A (different) idea for Barrier

Yousonerfed·4/23/2014, 9:19:32 PM·1 votes·641 views

Seeing as Barrier is now a weaker version of Heal, I think that its function entirely should be changed. Here's what I think it should be:

Places a spell shield on you for 1.5 seconds, absorbing the next enemy ability that hits you.

Note that I mean a spell shield ala Sivir or Nocturne, not Morgana.

This would be a big choice to make, and allows the ability on more than just ADCs. Sure, you could take it as Katarina and pop it when you're going to ult, but that means giving up Flash or Ignite. It's not free.

6 Comments

Tsiddique4/23/2014, 10:43:18 PM1 votes

Everyone would take it. It's a free spellshield. Anybody that was risky to use because of cc would of course take this and faceroll everybody. What if Sivir or Nocturne took this, and Banshee's? That's three spells that have no effect.

CaptainWednesday4/24/2014, 2:15:00 PM1 votes

I think the free spellshield is a little too much. You already see ADC's and other carries grabbing Banshee's Veil nowadays. Another spell shield could slow the game down.
Barrier needs something like damage reduction, rather than a nullifying ability. Something like this might work:

"Shields your champion for 95 + (20 x LVL) and grants them 25% damage reduction for two seconds"

Thoughts?

Manchette4/25/2014, 2:05:23 AM1 votes

I think that this is a unique idea, but perhaps Barrier is meant for something different. For example, if zed ults you and you're down to 50 health before his deathmark pops, a well timed barrier could save your life (given that he didn't do too much damage to you beforehand).

I think Barrier is a defensive item made for surviving the last skillshot or a DOT spell. Yes, I do agree that barrier is now seemingly less effective then heal, so perhaps simply lowering its cooldown a little bit would be a better idea?