Most players have never seen most champions' crit animation

The Deckowner·Jun 20, 2016·165 votes·8,512 views

Champions all have crit animations, and a lot of those animations looks very damn cool! But non-adc champions do not ever build any crit items because the balance team had push crit to a stat only adcs build with the not so recent triforce change. I think it would be cool to utilise these very damn awsome crit animations on some incidents without the champion actually criting.

For example, when have his passive empowered aa ready he can throw it with crit animation instead of just throwing a red bomb. can do a crit animation when she attacks an illuminated target. can use his crit animation when his "aa restore mana" passive is up.

It might not be necessary, but I think having majority of the champions' mains never ever see a crit animation of their champion just seems like a waste of resource, because many of these animations are actually very damn good.

106 Comments

Savage DeviJun 20, 201673 votes

Maybe add a crit animation to all item 3057 buffed attacks as well?

Lucky MonikerJun 20, 20169 votes

This exact idea (spellblade/empowered AA's) was suggested a while back actually, like a year ago I think? And it was and still is a great idea, I'm not sure why they didn't implement it

IGotScuttleCrabsJun 20, 201611 votes

It was suggested several years ago and several times. I think it's for clarity when it comes to actual crit builders that also build sheen

PikmintsJun 21, 20161 votes

I think the reason for it is similar to the reason on why they keep it exclusive to crit. A crit is determined when the attack is issued and will guarantee extra damage upon hitting an enemy.

Most other enhanced damage effects like Sheen or Lux passive have a window during which they're available. This means that there can be situations when the crit animation would be shown but the buff/debuff expires before the projectile lands causing the attack to deal its regular damage. The current system ensures that a crit animation always indicates extra damage, changing this to the proposed would mean that the crit animation might indicate extra damage.

The 2nd HorsemanJun 21, 20161 votes

Could be weird on champions like that rare case an Ezra goes a standard add build with a triforce.

IcyPepperJun 20, 201633 votes

Velkoz Agreed.

IgotlazyJun 20, 20169 votes

Doesn't Vel'Koz use all 3 tentacles when he crits?

IcyPepperJun 20, 201623 votes

It's beautiful.

I'm surprised they didn't utilize it with his passive or something.

IgotlazyJun 20, 201618 votes

Nothing beats Sion Crit Animation. Good hard kick to the face.

LankPantsJun 20, 20162 votes

No video, I'll fix that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXhLliLbkc

ShonjlJun 21, 20161 votes

{quoted}

No video, I'll fix that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXhLliLbkc

Lmfao, that axe is for show, fear the boot!

WacingTheFindJun 20, 20167 votes

Why use an axe when your own foot deals more dmg. xD

SlashStrikerJun 20, 201610 votes

{quoted}

Nothing beats Crit Animation. Good hard kick to the face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXhLliLbkc

Valor BotJun 20, 20168 votes

Quinn actually doesn't have a unique crit animation anymore; with her rework, they replaced all her standard auto attack animations with the crit one, so now ALL her AAs look exactly the same regardless of whether she crits or not (which is quite unfortunate and boring IMO, because I found her AA animations really appealing, even if not so smooth in combat).

AsphodelNextJun 20, 20167 votes

Main reason against it, I'd think, is if the meta ever shifts to the point they become AD champions and actually buy crit (unlikely, I know), you won't be able to tell their crits apart from their empowered autos. Or, to a lesser degree, if someone runs 1% crit chance runes and gets lucky, you would want some way to tell the difference. So they probably would never do it.

The DeckownerJun 20, 20167 votes

Well I don't think those issues will really matter much, since rito balance team had stated critical strike chance is a stat made only for ad carries(ranged and melee), they will probably keep the meta that way and not let other classes touch crit chance.

I understand the clarity issue, but it just feels really bad for a complete different set of awsome animation to never be used on Majority of the champions.

DrCyanideJun 20, 201647 votes

It's an auto attack!

What were you going to do, flash away when you saw the crit animation? LCS Big Plays Zhonyas half way through?

Those animations are purely for mixing up the auto attacks. Let them do something rather than just go to waste.

A LiberalJun 20, 201612 votes

If the meta shifts to the point where AD Lux is a good pick I think we have bigger issues to worry about than crit animations

Theiki KayleJun 21, 20163 votes

You mean an ADC with a snare (double if you're good and the enemies are bad), shield, slow and two-screen ultimate (that might not have AD scaling but still has decent base damage) isn't already viable?

My whole life is a lie.

kDrakariJun 21, 20166 votes

Impossible. Crit attacks are coded as minions. If we spawn crit attack minions without a crit attack they'll get confused and start questioning their existence.

The DeckownerJun 21, 20161 votes

Wth are you talking about?

DorkunedAurasJun 21, 20165 votes

He's trolling. Riot has a history of coding everything as minions.

OneSmoothDudeJun 20, 20164 votes

One suggestion I saw once that I liked was making characters use the crit animation whenever they get the last hit on a ward. It would be rare enough to be special, and there would be no confusion because crits don't matter on wards (actually idk if crits can even proc on wards to get the animation at all...hmm).

Battlecast SonaJun 20, 20164 votes

I thinks this would actually really help with clarity when the enemy is doing these things as well. Seeing Xerath do an animation when he gets mana back that's more clear than just a blue effect around him might help you punish him more readily for coming up. And it would just be cool.

I think any on-hit spell (Trundle Q is an example of champs with AA cancels/on-hit spells with unique animations) should use the crit animation unless there's another one, and Spellblade items too. It would also make it way more clear when someone Lichbane kills you or something where that damage came from, because you'd see this mage do an AA animation that was different from what you're used to seeing. You might appropriately shield/heal/whatever it more easily than just looking for the glow, especially because it can appear and be used almost instantly.

CheftoniFTWJun 20, 20163 votes

Singed : I have a crit animation?

The DeckownerJun 20, 20166 votes

go watch the 2015 all-star 5v5 game, IIRC Dyrus played full ad singed top and he built crit, it was so hilarious to see an ad singed carry the team.(they had to use builds from ultimate bravory, a site that gives you shitty troll builds.)

DwarvenGiantJun 20, 20163 votes

I remember someone suggesting, three years ago or so, that item 3100 Lich Bane's proc should make the champion use their Crit animation, and even a Rioter or two agreed that it's actually a pretty good idea.

I sometimes just really want to see Vel'Koz smiting down opponents by combining the power of all three tentacles and so creating the perfect (small) laser.

jeremiahBIOJun 20, 20163 votes

Poppy 's crit animation is a headbutt. Its pretty cool.

Sassmast3rJun 20, 20162 votes

I definitely agree with this, and, like Savage Dev1 said, in order for AP champs to actually have their crit animations shown, Riot needs to implement their crit animations whenever they utilize the AA buff from Spellblade. _ However_, the issue is the fact that not all champions actually have crit animations, so it would be a bad move on Riot's end; It would become glaringly obvious that they totally forgot to give some champs crit animations.

For example, Karma - I'm not even kidding you when I say that OLD KARMA had a crit animation... and new one doesn't!! It's ludicrous!

CasterGilgameshJun 20, 20165 votes

riot hates karma thats nothing new

Velzard of KozJun 20, 20162 votes

I build item 3094 on Lux in ARAM (on-hit build with item 3100 ) and still didn't really percept she has different animation. And it did crit at least once because enemy Nasus was once like "Lux that cirts O_o Wut?" in all chat.

LostFr0stJun 20, 20161 votes

Lux is pretty old. Idk if hers would be as defined as other champs'.

BladeSteelJun 20, 20163 votes

She spins her baton.

LostFr0stJun 20, 20161 votes

Sounds fun. Guess I'm loading into a custom game then. Lux

BladeSteelJun 21, 20162 votes

bard and maokai are also fun

ShonjlJun 21, 20162 votes

{quoted}

I build on in ARAM (on-hit build with ) and still didn't really percept she has different animation. And it did crit at least once because enemy Nasus was once like "Lux that cirts O_o Wut?" in all chat.

Lux Crit animation is instead of her just flicking her baton like normal, she spins it similar to how she does her ult.