Before I started playing league some where I think around 2010, I was an avid DotA player. Nowadays I only play league but I find it a lil disappointing that the champion skills and items get a little repetitive. Am I the only one that thinks that the game may would do good to see an anti Mage that has the ability to burn some of their opponents' mana ??
And an ultimate that slows time around them (Reducing enemies movement speed and attack speed and raising cooldowns)
I actually thought about this a lot because I used to play WoW and mana tap or w/e it was called was pretty fun to use. However it seems like it would be to op because Ap champs do like no damage with Auto attacks and if you mana burn them the y have no way to fight which would be to op. It would also be to op in early lane because all you would have to do is burn your enemies mana and what can they do?
There was. Wit's End used to drain mana on hit, in addition to its other effects.
At one point in time, Riot took the stance on mana burn as 'anti-fun,' because it removes the player effected by it resource pool and as such, removes their ability to act accordingly. I'm not sure if their stance has changed recently, but I hope it doesnt.
If mana burn was reintroduced (because it was on Wit's End at some point), you'll have a problem where champions that need mana to use abilities now also have to account how much mana could potentially be removed which could force some champions out of play in any match up with that mechanic in it. If the mana burn mechanic was too weak, it'd be virtually useless. Too strong? Well, mana reliant champions may as well take a back seat. Mana burn is just right? You still present a situation where once your mana is below a certain threshold, you may as well be silenced. This doesn't even take into account how, or if, it'd effect rage, energy, or whatever a random champion uses on it's.
TLDR: I feel the mechanic would just feel horrible or nonexistent.
