WTB a champ that uses traps
I don't know if many of you have played dota/dota 2 and taken a shine to the techies champ they have but I seriously miss the play style sometimes and wish lol had it. I know there's the shaco boxes and teemo shrooms but those skills are geared towards complementing the champs other skills and/or tactics, they aren't intended to be the main focus.
A league champ can't rely solely on traps though considering the fast pace games can take or how quickly conditions change so I'd suggest a kit swap ult like what nidalee or jayce has so one kit can be used for traps like mines, cc, and remote detonation style abilities and the other kit can be used for a more conventional kit to provide immediate utility and/or damage. That way the niche could be filled and you wouldn't be left out to dry when your caught by surprise or the traps are circumvented.
A champ that can use traps for decent area/lane and objective control as well as cleverly create ambushes and defensive measures would be awesome in my opinion. they could possibly even create great counter-play against high mobility champs that seem near impossible to run from or chase. Here are a few other reasons I think this play style should be explored:
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Turret diving for what looks like easy kills could be reversed to devastating effect, maybe not stop a tank from soaking damage but I'm sure a decent number of people are tired of champs like zed or fizz just freely turret diving as they please for kills and escaping with relative ease. They'd have to put more thought into it if they weren't sure if there was a root, stun, or silence waiting for them the moment they step too close to put a kink in their kill rotation and/or hinder their escape.
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Before caits rework she was a decent pick not because she had some specific edge like other adc but simply because she didn't have a solid counter. After her rework her popularity jumped in no small part because her traps were made relevant. Simply by adding consequences to stepping on her traps gave her a huge leg up in area control and creating a defensive line for herself, something that many other marksmen rely heavily on teamwork for.
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Its a largely untapped play style for lol. I haven't particularly hated any champ lol has made until they've been played so much that i see them in almost every game if possible but (with a few exceptions) I've noticed that many champs just put a new spin on a play style thats already been used by a few other champs (the ENTIRE REASON skarner, garen, darius, and morde got reworked). Creating minefields and ambushes using traps is pretty much a monopoly held by teemo and shaco that in my opinion wouldn't hurt them to share.
is pretty close to a champion laying traps to block off paths/reduce mobility