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MOAR Mark-dash talk

Pr3zid3ntTrump·5/5/2015, 11:01:08 PM·8 votes·876 views

I'll spare the typical detailed and pointed rant here, other than to say- I Don't post on forums. This might be my 2nd or 3rd post here, and like my 6th post on a forum in as many or more years. So apologies in advance for lapses in structure, tone, or manner!

It is pretty obvious the overwhelming majority of ARAM players, especially ARAM only, are beyond unhappy with ARAM being turned into 1/2 poro king(if you will) with this change. It certainly needs nerfing, there is no question of that. outright removal, many would cheer. So what other options could be considered..as we all know removal will just not be happening?

Either way mark-dash was never balanced or changed from how it was in Poro King, but even if it is brought up to even a 60s CD, it will still leave other summoner spells feeling lackluster on the CD basis alone. Perhaps in ARAM some of those spells' cooldowns hould be adjusted to keep up, if we are going to have to live with Snowballs being a permanent? Heck ditch snowball and do that anyhow. Buff Exhaust to make it last longer, or just the slow on it? so many small tweaks that could be done for the already existing arsenals that are underpowered and underused.

For now that is regardless, as ARAM is less satisfying win or lose with this new chaotic summoner spell. After well over 1500 ARAM games, this update has massively changed many of the aspects people love about the map.

I'm not about to quit playing, but i feel bored and put out after ARAM win or lose now. Big wins are way bigger now, and by the laws of physics, big losses are even bigger as well. ARAM now MEANSSSS...ready for it? !!!All Random All Meat-Grinder!!!

And always good to end on humorous note, right? Soooo........ ......Can we get some Emails sent out once this Mark / dash fiasco is either removed or balanced to the point it is in equal standing to other spells? AS Soooooo many are quitting till their demands are met! Maybe we can get the White House to have a press release even!!!!

EDIT- PS. srry i lied about sparing the rant....and this is my first post here. I must have been thinking of a few posts on Diablo3 HC. ^_^

6 Comments

FDru5/6/2015, 1:56:10 AM6 votes

tl;dr (well, actually, I read it but not going to respond really)

They're nerfing the damage so it's not a spammable nuke, but the spell is probably here to stay. You'll find that the overwhelming majority of players despise smurfs, and most League players won't even play ARAM because of them. The vocal minority of "ARAM only" players is irrelevant, because they're just a bunch of cheaters (and now they're getting rekt, and crying about it).

This was Riot's answer to the complaints from the rest of the (non-smurf) playerbase about the horrible state of ARAM. They're obviously not willing to level the playing field in a sensible manner, and if anything that's what you should be talking about.

Poorly Dressed5/6/2015, 1:20:46 PM6 votes

I have played over 1000 ARAM games myself and it is a curse and a blessing at the same time. It really makes me happy to see all the dirty long range pokers getting rekt to some extent. A lot of people complained about poke being so oppressive as the win ratios clearly showed before the change. The spell cooldown might be a little low but i think it is a really good way of making melee champions viable to some extent or the ones that suffer from a massive gap closer to reach the poky backline before they get deleted on the way there. Be creative, use it to your advantage and at all costs try to dodge enemy marks.

TLDR The ARAM meta will shift, and that is a good thing in general. Stop being so whiny and rethink your dodging strategy when your team has tanks/melee only :)

FeedMcUninstall5/7/2015, 4:51:15 PM5 votes

Tried it 3 games... quit LoL since then. (I was pretty much ARAM only)

PLEASE for the love of god just delete this again. Sorry if melees need more team coordination to succeed and some ults are way OP in ARAM mode... no reason to ruin it by large.

Kholdstare135/6/2015, 1:44:00 PM2 votes

Exhaust is already OP. Stop being a flash noob and take it instead. It's actually become even more broken OP thanks to Mark. If you can bait a solo dash dive and exhaust it, that's just a free kill for your team.

Pr3zid3ntTrump5/12/2015, 8:33:44 PM1 votes

After moar time with it..

-Minions should be able to intercept, but deny ability to Dash to them. Pretty sure most agree there?

-Kalista's Sentinel intercepts it, but no dmg/attack tick. So it was technically blocked/ did no dmg. Also uncertain if you can dash to her Sentinel in that circumstance.

-Pantheon may have blocked a poro shot? Not certain, but I may have seen this occur.

-Fear Annie with a snowball.

Still having fun with it, you all better too before it gets NERFed repeatedly. Just ignore the people exclaiming smurftastic this and smurfalicious that you cheating cheatererers. Relax and have fun. Snowballs break the ice for some fun ingame jokes if you were born with a sense of humor.