Skill Mechanics I would to see in League

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League's always been about innovation and we have seen a lot ofthat the past couple of years when it comes to MOBAs. Here's a list of some other unique ideas I'd want to see in League.

Passive: A very brief interval that lets you dodge autoattacks when you activate your abilities. (Would love to see this in a Pirate champ that would channel Jack Sparrow's unique fighting style)

Abilities that would work differently depending on what abilities were used/cast before them. (Example: Q does 2 other things depending on whether W or E were cast before it)

Laser autoattacks, they get stronger with time but are easily avoidable.

Redirecting skillshots using portals.

Camouflage for allies (a very slippery slope)

Turret/Inhibitor repair.

Ability theft. (Maybe only non-Ultimates)

New resources that rely on Jungle plants.

A real flexible champion whose stat growths vary with how they start (items, summoner spells, runes and masteries) makes for an all-rounder character with infinite potential in all roles.

A passive that would allow autoattacks to push back enemies by half a teemo without interrupting them.

An ultimate that would instantly CD all of an ally's skills.

A delayed bomb that would act like a mini-Monsoon.

Homing entangling traps (like Maokai's sapling but they root you instead of damage, they should also be invisible to enemies)

A champion who cannot do basic attacks but scales his Defensive stats with Offensive stats, he relies on Abilities to do any damage. Must stick and stay in fights (relies on uber tankiness to do decent damage, has decent cc but not a real threat)

A global ult that would displace opponent's and allies alike.

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FloRaider422 votes

Passive: A very brief interval that lets you dodge autoattacks when you activate your abilities.

Very annoying against AA heavy champions, but sounds interesting.

Abilities that would work differently depending on what abilities were used/cast before them.

Well there already shades of this ingame Ryze (shield mechanic), so I guess it could happen.

Laser autoattacks, they get stronger with time but are easily avoidable.

From the sound of it it's like Karma W ? Or how would it work ?

Redirecting skillshots using portals.

Skillshots are balanced around range, speed and size. All three things could be ignored depending on how the portal works. I'd say only make the champions abilities interact with the portal (like Jayce E)

Camouflage for allies (a very slippery slope)

Broken. Champions are balanced around their invisibility, if they don't have it to begin with don't add it. Imagine a Juggernaut suddenly jumping in your face.

Ability theft. (Maybe only non-Ultimates)

Abilties sometimes are less/more powerfull, because they are balanced around being part of the champions kit. Messing with that probably ends with Chaos.

New resources that rely on Jungle plants.

Resource is a bit much. Maybe a passive where the champion collects ingredients for his potions/hexes from the plants/monsters.

A real flexible champion whose stat growths vary with how they start (items, summoner spells, runes and masteries) makes for an all-rounder character with infinite potential in all roles.

For Balance sake he would need to be supbar in any role you'd be able to choose, because he would need to be balanced around his potential. And that doesn't sound fun to play with nor against.

A passive that would allow autoattacks to push back enemies by half a teemo without interrupting them.

Considering AA heavy champions usually want their enemies to stay close, this sounds counterproductive. Stick to Condemn.

An ultimate that would instantly CD all of an ally's skills.

Zilean W ? Being able to cast that on allies would be OP considering that without buying CD items Full AP/AD champions would still be able to spam skills.

A delayed bomb that would act like a mini-Monsoon.

Maybe as part of a combat medic kit? That said it sounds really basic.

Homing entangling traps (like Maokai's sapling but they root you instead of damage, they should also be invisible to enemies)

Caitlyn W ?

A champion who cannot do basic attacks

How does he farm ? Keep the AA.

scales his Defensive stats with Offensive stats

Vladimir Galio ?

A global ult that would displace opponent's and allies alike.

Doom Bots Ryze R 4.20 ? Doesn't sound very balanced.

IS1c1d21220aa58ffe97d651 votes

Laser Auto-attack would work like Velkoz ult when you press A on a target area it deals damage ticks that increase over time scaling on attackspeed.

Camo on allies could last for only 1 second. This is could also not be Kha'zix type of invisibility but more like Evelynn's (for vision evasion purposes only)

The Passive that knocks back enemies with each hit is a good peel mechanic on a support right? It would be hella annoying to try and dive a Marksman with that type of support.

CD on all skills or even just the Ultimate could work as an Ultimate. It makes decision making very important and timing to be everything that's needed for team fights. It might be unfair in concept but might not perform all that well if balanced correctly (ungodly cooldown and ridiculous Mana cost)

The Homing Traps work like Cait's traps but these are invisible and home in on targets like Maokai's Saplings.

A Champ who cannot do basic attacks has to rely on his Q to last hit (it could be a short cooldown skill that serves as his main farming tool, replacing his autoattacks, it would require ridiculously stable keyboards though lol)

Vladimir would be the closes but imagine his Health, Armor and Magic Resist increasing with each AD item he gets.

Global ult that displaces would be like a global Monsoon that knocksback or pushes forward champions wherever they are.

FloRaider421 votes

Laser Auto-attack would work like Velkoz ult when you press A on a target area it deals damage ticks that increase over time scaling on attackspeed.

Since you already have to press A, wouldn't binding it to an ability make more sense ? What happens when you rightclick on enemies ?

Camo on allies could last for only 1 second. This is could also not be Kha'zix type of invisibility but more like Evelynn's (for vision evasion purposes only)

Would be a good disengage tool, with those restrictions.

It would be hella annoying to try and dive a Marksman with that type of support.

Yep, it's not really fun, which is why it's not that great of an idea. Especially since it only really affects juggernauts (as assassins and mages/marksmen don't really are affected much since they have range and mobility).

It might be unfair in concept but might not perform all that well if balanced correctly (ungodly cooldown and ridiculous Mana cost)

Balancing an ability with high cost and CD makes it very hard to make it fair, so I suggest tweaking the effect. Maybe restrict to all non-ultimate abilities, considering that a lot of Ults are game changing (having two of them would be plain OP). A big problem of this concept is that some champions benefit a lot more than others making it inherently tricky to balance.

The Homing Traps work like Cait's traps but these are invisible and home in on targets like Maokai's Saplings.

Doesn't that sound like a problem to you ? They are objectively better than hers. Similiar abilities should be sidegrades (better at X worse at Y) not upgrades.

it would require ridiculously stable keyboards though lol

KarthusUrgot already have that problem. I don't think it's that interesting to replace AA with a low CD spam skill.>

Vladimir would be the closes but imagine his Health, Armor and Magic Resist increasing with each AD item he gets.

Again don't make a superior ability (or passive). Getting free tank stats for buying damage already sounds bad enough on it's own.

Global ult that displaces would be like a global Monsoon that knocksback or pushes forward champions wherever they are.

Unfair much ? No clarity (since it can push you around from another lane), Counterplay (Ashe arrow etc and TF ult at least have warnings and are able to be dodged) or that much benefit (how exactly does that help your team?)

Primaquarius1 votes

I actually have a few champ concepts in the making that use a couple of these points, especially the "multi-purpose Q" and "flexible champion" concepts. I also have one in mind where the champion has no AD scaling and must CS to increase it (to a cap, of course).

Warmanreaper1 votes

"A global ult that would displace opponent's and allies alike."

Wot? - TwistedFate

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