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Unbalanced Trinkets

OverlordLegacy·11/22/2013, 3:28:49 AM·1 votes·519 views

I feel like the free yellow trinket ward is simply way better than the blue and red trinkets.

If you compare the blue and yellow trinkets, the blue trinket is nothing more than a 1 second ward that can be cast at a far range while the yellow is a close range 60 second ward. You could potentially use the blue trinket 1 second too soon to miss spotting the enemy team at baron while a yellow trinket ward is 60 times less prone to having the same effect.

Additionally, I can see the red trinket being useful in a lane verse champions like nidalee, teemo, caitlyn, etc. However I see little other use than that since you can't even clear a ward with them without good attack speed.

My suggestion is to optimize red trinkets for junglers and supports, so they can clear wards and traps to help get a gank off. The yellow trinkets are good for top and bot to ward lane, and I think the blue trinkets would be better if the duration or range was increased, or cooldown was reduced. Because right now it sounds like a really bad version of CV summoner which was hardly used back in the day.

2 Comments

Nakonik11/22/2013, 3:32:14 AM1 votes

That is true my friend. In my opinion, the red and yellow trinkets are the best. The blue one is just a waste. But who knows, maybe its gonna get reworked?

Freezman11/22/2013, 3:36:46 AM1 votes

Indeed the blue one is just a lesser version of CV, but it has it's uses, sometimes you need to scout without getting too close - like when a fiddle is waiting to ulti for example.

The red one is by far the best one on support and ganking janglers. Supports build sightstone thus achieve the 3 ward limit, and pink wards are now visible and easier to kill, the red trincket is amazing to deny vision. Need to clear dragon? Bam - free. Need to gank but it's warded? Bam - no ward, free pressure.

The trinkets are in no way unbalanced. Of course the laners will take the yellow one because their biggest problem is ganks, but the ADC can take the blue one, especially if you play as 5s, tons of strategies. A counter jungeling jungler can also use the blue one effectively.