lol this april fools champion

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My first concern is definitely the permanent orbitals. I had thought they would detonate and then take time to come back. Since they don't the concern with this is just how much damage they deal and how they scale. Especially applying spell effects. Getting hit by those with Rylai's is going to definitely be a problem. Though, it does have mana over time on the enhanced version, the video showed that the damage to mana ratio is extremely tilted in favor of the damage. The mana over time was barely even noticeable. What was maybe 1/100 of his mana did almost 3/4ths of his enemies health almost.

True, but that is at level 18 when the ability is at it's strongest, while the enemy stood perfectly still in it. According to the wiki, it would be dealing (70+50+30%AP (base not listed at time of posting) )x1.5. While that is a lot, you have to also realise that the enemy would constantly be moving. I would imagine someone like Diana would most likely counter him, as she would be within melee range of him if engaging, or have a small hitbox if trying to escape.

Then there is that damage and AoE stun. An AoE stun which (from just counting it) is approx. a 2s stun. An AoE 2s stun btw. His teamfights are going to be so strong. If he the cooldown on this ability is low just imagine the amount of stunning going on. I would think it would be worse than Anivia's since it has a much bigger radius.

Those are my two main concerns. I'm guessing he is a mage correct? That means he gains access to ALL of the extremely powerful AP items. That guarantees his damage is going to be high. Simply have and he's going to hurt a lot. The slow from Rylai's mixed in with the damage he will have, add in the stun from his Q and the huge amount of mana....his orbitals will be decimating to enemies caught by it.

Again also true, but again there is a set distance to them. Provided he does get the stun, the enemy will be hit at best 3 times by them, but that's provided he also stands still. Remember, this isn't an area of effect like a Karthus E. Should he move towards or away from the enemy, he moves himself out of a damaging position.

And so these things combined (with the ultimate being pretty much a shortened, wider version of a Lux ult, but with an added slow and knock back) will make him extremely hard to lane against (as even they stated in the release). Thus, as the poster said. If they go bot then good luck. That constant ranged damage (even at mana per second) will put so much pressure.

I wouldn't go so far as to compare it to a Lux ult. The cooldown timer for one thing is significantly higher, meaning that it is not prone to spamming. While those within his 'Outer Limit' are knocked back from this, it knocks them back to its edge, meaning again that the enemy can decide to reengage or retreat. While I'm not going to deny that the slow it applies while be devastating against some champs, he again has to move very subtly towards or away from his opponent to try and match them.

Of course, you bring up good points. They are weak physically, so if people play smart they can get in close to them and wreck their face before being able to do anything. Of course, they have the AoE stun and Ultimate knockback to counter said attempts at melee.

The stun only applies once it exceeds his 'Outer Limit', meaning that those within melee range will not be stunned. So if a Leona were to combo on to him, his only option to escape would be to ult. His speed boost/escape on his E is cancelled the second he takes damage from a champion or tower, so he can't use that as a means of escape.

In the end I will wait an see. Still waiting on a few tweaks to Illaoi, but it seems everyone thinks she's fine even though she can go pure tank and just tear into peoples health. shrugs That's bruisers/Juggernaughts for you though. :|

Fair nuff. At first glance it's very easy to see him as pretty broken, but the more you look at his kit the more you can see where the counter-play is. He's the kind of champion that once caught without his ult will be in quite a bit of trouble I think.

Basically from my theorizing, getting will of the ancients, ryalai's, Liandry's, and mercury treads are perfect on him. Seraphs embrace gives tons of ap due to his 1250 mana pool, and a roa helps out even more.