[Champion Suggestion] Ashe and Talon Innates Swapped
Ashe has a terrible Innate (level 1 passive) for a AD Marksman that is supposed to be constantly be doing damage due to being an auto attack based champion.
Basic Description of Ashe's Innate:
Focus
If Ashe has not attacked in the last 3 seconds, she gains 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 Focus stacks per second. At 100 stacks, Ashe will critically strike on her next basic attack. Thereafter, Focus stacks will reset to an amount equal to her critical strike chance.
Meanwhile Talon has a terrible Innate (level 1) passive for an AD Caster Assassin that is supposed to bid his time before landing the coup de grâce.
Basic Description of Talon's Innate:
Mercy
Talon's autoattacks deal 10% additional damage to any target that is slowed, stunned, immobilized or suppressed.
If we swapped these Innates with each champion then it would provide substantially more kit synergy, also he only has one type of CC that is on a mild cooldown to activate Mercy, the ability Rake.
Ashe can regularly use her Frost Shot slow to activate Mercy, along with Volley applying Frost Shot regardless of the toggle and Enchanted Crystal Arrow's slows to further mesh with the Innate. In addition, the bonus damage, unlike Corki's True Damage, can critically strike on basic attacks. This further differentiates herself from other Marksman(women). An ironic argument is also that Ashe regularly goes on about not mistaking mercy for weakness, but this is mostly for lore rather than gameplay.
Talon on the otherhand, revolves around burst along with being a potent roaming champion allows him to use Focus effectively. This is due to him only entering combat when he is sure he can 100 to 0 the enemy champion. However, Focus may need to be tweaked to allow for Talon to more easily use the Innate due to the lack of building critical strike chance. A side note is that Noxian Diplomacy's bonus physical damage would be considered an auto attack from an ability, but the bleed cannot be affected by Focus.
I would prefer to give Talon more stealth synergy with his kit, but I'll have to find a better method to handle the stealth system as a whole before suggesting sweeping changes. Focus, for now, is a good way to hold Talon over. This lets us shift the terrible damage bonus on Cutthroat to his Innate so Talon doesn't feel compelled to open with his primary CC and escape for bonus damage.
Ashe's new Innate:
Mercy
Ashe's autoattacks deal 10% additional damage to any target that is slowed, stunned, immobilized or suppressed.
Talon's new Innate: (work in progress)
Focus
If Talon has not attacked in the last 3 seconds, he gains 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 Focus stacks per second. At 100 stacks, Talon will critically strike on his next basic attack. Thereafter, Focus stacks will reset to an amount equal to his target's current % health.
Focus is refreshed to 100 stacks when Talon enters stealth.
