2012-02-24, 08:51 PM
Worthyness Wrote:Is smart-casting the thing where the game basically auto-targets the closest enemy champ for you at the fastest possible instant? o_o
Never understood why autocasting was so much better than not doing it.
No. The main difference between smartcast and manual cast is speed and control. With manual cast, you have better indication and deliberation about where you cast your spells. However, since it involves hitting a keyboard key and then clicking with the mouse, that's significantly slower than mashing a hotkey or two for smartcast. The downside of smartcasting is that sometimes you throw spells at wrong angles, or worse, in completely wrong directions.
Good times to smartcast: bursting someone down, getting shyt done fast and getting the fk out.
Bad times to smartcast: certain ultimates, long cooldown skills.
With Anivia, if someone is low and accidentally wanders too close, I can FlashFrostbiteGlacialstormIgnite, but only if they don't Flash away or some other crazy shyt like Silence. I can achieve this with smartcasting, but I cannot do the same with manual casting. I'm simply not fast enough with my left and right hand coordination. Sometimes if I get too zealous, I accidentally smartcast my wall, haha xD
While smartcasting is fast, keep in mind that the ultimate time constraint is casting time. With the example with Anivia, only Frostbite has a cast time. However, if you're trying to blow someone up with Veigar, you'll find yourself stuck in place casting shyt for at least 1 second.