A Possible Ability Tweak to go with Cait's Visual Update
So as confirmed by Ironstylus, Caitlyn is getting a visual update to so that she can better fit her current story setting of Piltover. This would be a prime opportunity for riot to also alter her abilities slightly. Just so that it's clear I don't want her to get a complete over haul a la Karma or Trundle.
What I want is to bring "yordle snap trap" back to its original concept.
When Ezreal (the designer not champ) first thought of the ability it was suppose to put down a brush trap. The trap looked and acted like typical lane brush in that it hid you and your allies and it proc'd your passive Headshot. But when an enemy stepped on it it would explode dealing damage.
This was scrapped because of tech and balance issues if I remember correctly. What I would like to suggest is that this gameplay interaction return but be restricted to Caitlyn only. Placing down brush would be problematic balancing when interacting with allies but if Caitlyn could place down her own personal camouflage it should be easier. I would see it acting very similar to her own tiny Akali smokebombs that she could stand in to remain hidden but shoot from to proc headshots.
Visually the ability would have to change from cupcakes and bear traps to something more appropriately Hextec. Perhaps if it still needed to be low tech and "cute" perhaps it could still be a bear trap but with cardboard cut-out styled fake brush around it.
Of course Caitlyn would need to be rebalanced with this added stealth and increased proccing of her passive, but there are lots of levers to pull that wouldn't be to heartbreaking for Cait players. Mainly I could see the damaged removed from the traps but the root remaining. Alternatively the number of traps allowed to be reduced down to 2 like when she was first released. And/or the number of stacks she would need to get Headshots could be increased also.
But the most important parts that need to remain from her old trap is that it's obviously a trap to enemies and the root. I just want the personal stealth mechanic and headshot proc'ing added.
TLDR: read the last paragraph for a pseudo tldr. Also "Yordle Snap Trap"? Why the hate on our Bandle City friends Cait? why? ):
Not sure if call outs will work with the new forums but here's a shot in the dark: @ironstylus @ezreal @live design team