@Riot How About an Anti-Shield Ability?

The DrBonjigollo··1 votes·337 views

I've had this idea for a while now but why not give a champion, preferably a support, an anti- or inverse-shield ability? As the name implies this ability would do the opposite of a shield and do damage, looking something like this:

'Anti-shield'- After a delay, Caster places a shield on an enemy champion that absorbs healing and shielding affects and does bonus damage at the end of the duration based on heals and shields supposed to be received + Caster’s AP.

Ideally it would be a direct counter annoyances like Soraka Nami and Sona who spam healing without forethought or for dealing with champions that simply refuse to die Fiora Irelia andVladimir.

Of course the ability would have its downsides like:

  • A cooldown similar to Yasuo's WindWall or even just be made an ultimate ability itself.
  • Being able to target only one champion.
  • Short casting range.
  • etc.

Thematically I think it would work best on a witch doctor or hex, character.

11 Comments

KaRniVooL132 votes

typically that is consider to be damage...

and if someone shields why not CC them while they shielded therefore negating their escapes and as soon as the shield/cc wears off blow them up ?

The DrBonjigollo1 votes

Usually, or at least in my pitiful elo, people won't wait for the shield to go off and go straight for the kill. Plus most of the time shields don't last long enough or have high enough value to use cc to get someone out of the way.

For example a full apEkko shield will still only last two seconds at best or Rakan who ordinarily doesn't have strong shields to begin with, though each shield lasts three seconds.

KaRniVooL131 votes

ok so the issue isnt the shields the issue is lack of experience/game knowledge

soo to dumb down the skill of the game more and more isnt good... improving skill/game knowledge is

Cocho1 votes

Cause when a Caitlyn is getting item 3504 summoner 7 item 3107 item 3190 item 3401 shoved down their throat, you aren't going to wait until they all wear off cause your whole team would be dead. You just cant blow ur CC, threaten then to the point where they'll use the heals/shields while staying safe from an engage, then re-engage.

KaRniVooL131 votes

oh back to cait hate or just using her an an example for an adc ?

and only two of those are shields

and we act as if the other team dont build the same ?

like the other adc dont have their support doing the same ?

Cocho1 votes

I'm just using her as an example, she's the 1st adc I played when I started playing lol.

If I'm a diver or assassin, its my job to kill her lol. Those items dont help me as much as it does them.

Shields aren't as much as a problem as they used to be, with lulu and ivern not being played as much/not being as strong. The update to support items helped it. It would still be nice to itemize for shields.

KaRniVooL131 votes

ok but its the support who has to be aware and use those to save the target , yes?

so who is the squishier of the two? who if you target and kill cant protect team? the support

blow up the support kill them... then let your team fight the 5 vs 4 with all the supports shields/utility out of the way

RavenHusky1 votes

Or, you could wait until the shield wears off before firing your combo...

Cocho1 votes

I think having it on an item would be better than on a champ. That champ wouldn't be near its full potential if the enemy doesnt have big shields/heals.

The DrBonjigollo1 votes

Yeah, that sounds like a better idea, being that I couldn't think of a kit to go along with it. Then again I'm probably just not good at making kits, but what would the stats be? Would it still be for a support? Tank or Enchanter?

I think if it'd end up a tank item, champs like Hecarim would have an easier time diving AhriBlitzcrank? and Janna other healing/shielding champions.

On the other hand, as an enchanter's item like item 3107 or item 3504, the slightest amount of damage would give reason for ap assassins to build it.

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