What is the difference between "Expunge" and "Contaminate"?

Wicked Deity·Oct 19, 2014·1 votes·752 views

Regarding the change that Twitch underwent, I'm curious about what actually changed when this occurred. Apart from the name and the damage, was the only change in "feel" the distance indicator? My friend says when they changed the ability that they nerfed it because now it "travels" and therefore has a missle speed. I can't find ANY evidence to support this, my response is all they added was a visual to what the old Expunge was doing. Can somebody clear this up with certainty? I'm not necessarily asking for a Rioter, but somebody who can provide evidence.

3 Comments

GamersEyeOct 19, 20141 votes

It does travel, but extremely quickly. It also just shows whoit hits. Otherwise there is no other change.

Wicked DeityOct 19, 20141 votes

Quickly to the point where there isn't actually a "delay" or a missle speed, correct? He complains that ever since they changed the ability you are now able to miss out on kills if you die after using Contaminate because it cancels the damage as it travels... I say there is no missle speed and it's simply a visual. Just for looks, so to say.

Variks the LoyalOct 19, 20141 votes

Riot didn't feel 'Expunge' was a good word for it. To 'Expunge' something almost means to purify it. The old version of Expunge removed all of Twitch's poison stacks on the target, but after they changed that, the word Expunge didn't fit that well, so with the VU, they made it 'Contaminate'.