Inspiration Keystone Idea -- Ghost Recall

BootlessTrittin··7 votes·536 views

Ghost Recall:

Recall's channel time is reduced by 0->4 seconds (from levels 1-18). ~.222 seconds per level

Additionally, recalling leaves a ghost at your location, which provides vision and soaks experience. The ghost will continue to provide vision and experience soak until next time you recall or until you tag the ghost. Tagging the ghost gives you any gathered experience. Experience from the same source will not stack (you can't lane next to your ghost and double the experience gain)


I'd imagine this Rune helping:

  1. Losing lanes: you need to recall but have a huge wave that will crash into tower.

  2. Roamers: I can recall mid or top then roam bot, and although losing gold if the other laner shoves into turret, I can regain experience that the ghost soaks up.

  3. Splitpushers: faster back timing helps defend the base or get out of sticky situations.

The vision would also allow a different option or late game alternative, should you want to recall in front of dragon (or riskier positions in general) in order to have vision there until you want to cash out experience or next time you recall.

Note: Baron would reduce your current recall channel time by 50% (caps out at 4 sec (lvl18) -> 2 sec)


Thoughts??

9 Comments

LostFr0st5 votes

Holy that sounds broken but also really cool. I hope they notice this thread.

BootlessTrittin4 votes

One can only hope!

Although I don't know if it'd be too broken in comparison to a summoner spell switcher or a slow on every first auto on a target. Worst case reduce xp soak % or decrease the recall channel time reduction.

LostFr0st1 votes

I think it's equally broken. The slow one does have me nervous for top lane melees though, not gonna lie.

HonestJohnTheCon4 votes

Honestly, I think that the second effect is good enough. The first effect seems a little bit overkill, especially with Baron buff: Two seconds gives enemies pretty much no time. Maybe shortening the recall to a flat 6 seconds (3 with baron) would be better.

BootlessTrittin1 votes

Perhaps you're right. I figure there's plenty of levers to balance around if need be too. I just didnt want to add too much early game power with the recall (thus scaling), but felt the ghost alone to be a little lackluster. Definitely could be a ghost-only thing though!(:

Baron Barian1 votes

The experience soak and vision would be fine if it didn't stick around forever. May as well let mid go bot, recall, then soak of xp from two lanes.

Which would create more than just balance problems now that I think about it.

BootlessTrittin1 votes

Doing that would really put behind bot lane though (partially) and mid would have to run down and cash it in before his next back

EDIT: or, make it only gather experience from minions that aren't last hit by allies (or heavily reduced if so, such as each ally in proximity with the ghost reduces ghost xp gathering by a significant %, or completely)

Baron Barian1 votes

Well that's exactly it. It can cause trouble in other lanes just because one of your other teammates feels like being an ass.

BootlessTrittin1 votes

Isn't that the same thought process behind bard and Kalista ults though? That they'd be used for trolling? It's a worst case result, but good to keep in mind.

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