It really only makes sense if Thresh was the only Dark Star skin being released and it was released last year along side Varus. You'd think the game mode coming out with Dark Star Ori and Kha skins would include those two or even all of the Dark Star skins.
Either way, as a Thresh player, it looks really fun and I can't wait to play it.
Sharjo2 votesThe game mode was made with Thresh's abilities in mind. Other champions wouldn't be able to feasibly participate, with maybe the exception of Orianna using Shockwave.
Eternal7911 votesI get that, but why wouldn't they make a game mode circling around one or both of the champs it's coming out with instead of the last ones that came out?
Yax Jasbon1 votesThresh has been on sale about three times this year already, i think that it has something to do with Riot continuing their efforts of making support appealing to players again.
GreenLore1 votesLikely because they thought the idea of tossing players into a black hole was pretty awesome and Thresh is pretty much the only champ whose abilities were fitting for such a mode.
Sharjo3 votesI mean he IS the legendary skin and effectively the lynch pin of this skin series, so y'know, he's got a big role to fill.
Eternal7911 votesTrue
Crimson Anam1 votesI get that, but why wouldn't they make a game mode circling around one or both of the champs it's coming out with instead of the last ones that came out?
In the PBE livestream (I think in chat) a Rioter said that they tested other champs for Singularity, but they didn't have the amount of displacement ability that Thresh showed.
Cosmic Ruins may become accessible to other Dark Star champs in the future, but it will probably in different game modes.
Zielmann1 votesNo, I don't.
Mode looks like an absolute blast and I can't wait for it to come out.
Wrathof3001 votesThresh is a support champion. Dark star Thresh is a legendary skin, the game mode is obviously to spark interest in Thresh as a champion among the playerbase (who doesn't want to play a legendary skin). Thresh as one of the most popular supports is more likely to gain a following than any other supports champion with a game mode based on them. If more people feel comfortable playing Thresh, more people are likely to play Thresh support in regular games.
Ebonmaw Dragon1 votesThe game more is like Pudge Wars, the custom map made for Warcraft 3 that was based on a hero of DOTA (Pudge)... Hero who, as Thresh, has grab skills... i guess that other champs that could work of the map are Alistar, Blitzcrank and Nautilus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kydwOtEgyS0
So, as Sharjo said... the game mode only works for the skills of Thresh and champions like Varus or Kha would be unable to do anything... Look at the whole Dark Star theme just as a decoration.
Eternal7911 votesIn all honesty, I'm fine with only Thresh, given he's one of my favorite champs and Dark Star is an awesome legendary skin. What I've been trying to say is why didn't they come up with gameplay that would better make use of Kha and/or Ori's kits since they're the latest additions to the skin line?
However I do get that they may want to draw more players to the support role.