2011-10-10, 02:22 PM
I took a look at some of the "Akali OP" threads, and here's what I'm thinking:
-- AP + HP items aren't uncommon, and back in the old days they worked because skills weren't retarded spammy, nor did spellvamp exist. Now, I think there's a balance problem between these three stats.
At least 2 of these suggested changes are going into effect eventually, imo.
-- Akali's ultimate has too long of a range. I don't mind letting her jump to a minion to reach you, but it's basically a death sentence if you accidentally run across her somewhere random as a squishy, since most jumps and blinks (flash included) just don't let you break the distance necessary to get her off of you. This would be a small nerf in order to maintain her viability.
-- Akali's Mark of the Assassin does stupid amounts of damage for what it costs, energy and CD-wise. Nerf the damage in general. (I also thought about nerfing the spellvamp on this skill, but other champs have single-target spam abilities too, and adjusting the damage with spellvamp in mind is fine.)
-- Too much freebies from Akali's passive. Small nerf here.
-- Increase the amount of visibility time for the enemy when Akali attacks from Twilight Shroud. I recall Akali having gotten a buff here: 1 second down to .5 seconds. I think a .6 visibility time would be fine, although this would mostly cater to bads instead of fixing her core issues.
(Oddly enough I've only seen one Akali played the whole weekend. My brother is pretty good with her however, and I'm drawing from his experiences as well.)
EDIT:
Again with the "scaling for public release" thing, while also catering to where it would matter most: tournaments!
-- AP + HP items aren't uncommon, and back in the old days they worked because skills weren't retarded spammy, nor did spellvamp exist. Now, I think there's a balance problem between these three stats.
At least 2 of these suggested changes are going into effect eventually, imo.
-- Akali's ultimate has too long of a range. I don't mind letting her jump to a minion to reach you, but it's basically a death sentence if you accidentally run across her somewhere random as a squishy, since most jumps and blinks (flash included) just don't let you break the distance necessary to get her off of you. This would be a small nerf in order to maintain her viability.
-- Akali's Mark of the Assassin does stupid amounts of damage for what it costs, energy and CD-wise. Nerf the damage in general. (I also thought about nerfing the spellvamp on this skill, but other champs have single-target spam abilities too, and adjusting the damage with spellvamp in mind is fine.)
-- Too much freebies from Akali's passive. Small nerf here.
-- Increase the amount of visibility time for the enemy when Akali attacks from Twilight Shroud. I recall Akali having gotten a buff here: 1 second down to .5 seconds. I think a .6 visibility time would be fine, although this would mostly cater to bads instead of fixing her core issues.
(Oddly enough I've only seen one Akali played the whole weekend. My brother is pretty good with her however, and I'm drawing from his experiences as well.)
EDIT:
rjcombo Wrote:Spectator for custom games is just about ready for launch, and we're already working on post-launch improvements for the feature. Awesome things are coming, so stay tuned. =)
Again with the "scaling for public release" thing, while also catering to where it would matter most: tournaments!