Kushala: Champion Spotlight with Context

[@blackhole5353.]

You just don’t miss man. Already saving shards to get my hands on her

[@Vega583]

At the end now: fantastic guide and much like Kushala herself, you wonderfully balanced the spirit of vengeance with the sorcerer supreme!

[@Vega583]

That intro! You’re awesome, DLL!

[@Thomas-lc3wo]

Love this!!!

[@Daddylonglegs93]

I don't have the stamina to respond to every comment after my livestream 😂 but had to for this one - thanks! Glad we got to collaborate on this!

[@Vega583]

@@Daddylonglegs93 👊

[@Josh_DPInfinity]

She looks so cool. I think you did a great job melding the two ideas of sorcerer vs rider. And the whole concept of her journey from vengeance to balance is really well represented, can’t wait for her to drop in the featured 😁

[@SlayerOfGods]

100/10

[@pinheadious17]

Nick counter? I still think CGR is better against more defensive abilies like miss, but she is good and awesome.

[@CharleyEll]

I really love these guides! Thank you so much. You did an amazing job with this champ and I hope I’m lucky enough to get her!

[@PeterGrayson]

Hi DLL I know this is an old video, but I just opened a Titan crystal and I got her and OMG thankyou so much for making this champion, I love her, she has so much damage and I finally have a great maestro counter (I use to instaban him in BGs) and now I can take him down pretty easy. You never miss with champs man, keep up the great work!

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Congrats! Thank you, and I'm definitely a little jealous.

[@Thomas-lc3wo]

So glad you got to work with DLL on this. I was already so hyped about Kashala, then I find out DLL had her. Now I found out you got to help with the project!!! I have never been more hyped to get my hands on a champ!!!!

[@jeremygoddard6374]

Great work DLL she seems like an amazing champ really looking forward to testing her out and acquiring her in what ever variety I can muster. Its awesome to be excited for new champs. Keep em' coming your track record is impeccable.

[@ryankenyon2160]

She seems absolutely incredible man, so excited for her to come to the game - the complete package! Also, I thought the intro was v well said, nice one :)

[@adamantium711]

You finally pulled her! And so did I! She has the best motorcycle in game and she doesn't trash it like Ghost Rider so that's a win

[@vgautamkrishna5197]

Man my girl is finally here 😭 She is phenomenal

[@evildiesel1154]

She looks amazing and you're amazing at this. Much appreciated

[@seregostmcoc]

Still a more relevant synergy for CGR than Galan 😉 Does her Soul Barb not reduce Regeneration Rate like Mordo's? I figured that was a universal feature of Soul Barb, but then again it's been exclusive to Mordo this whole time, so no basis of comparison. Also, would her increased AA per unique Blessing affect the chance for passive Incinerates from her Sig? I didn't hear that as a potential modifier during your explanation. She ticks a lot of boxes for things I'm looking for, praying I'm lucky with my Titan pulls next month.

[@Daddylonglegs93]

We separated that out for this build and Mordo's description should clarify it now. We didn't want to build in such a powerful rider going forward, as it makes it nearly impossible to use responsibly, especially in combination with despair (and her upgrade of such), so we split them off now, but it's a fair question. I believe the chance for passives is not boosted, but once that dice has been rolled, the chance for the passives themselves to apply is (so it still gets around AAR if ramped). Hope that makes sense.

[@teebleezy8466]

When making Photon, you said that one thing you wanted to unlock was mystics on conflictor nodes. Did you have something like that for Kushala or were you mainly focused on the overarching concept of Sorcerer Supreme/Ghost Rider?

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Yeah I think I mentioned this in the video, but the main thing was being able to chase Adam onto anti-debuff nodes, and that led to the passives in general.

[@Goldtaker23]

As I said before if Zeus ever comes please try and get him I know you will make him great 😁 also huge congrats on the 24 hour stream massive accomplishment 👏 Cant wait to get Kushala 🙂

[@andrewfield57]

Can't wait until I can get this champ. I'm so excited!

[@joshgrant3044]

Thank you for all your hard work keep it up

[@McocKyllak]

Can’t wait for her to drop ingame.. you have made the community another banger..lol your getting up there with broccoli 🥦

[@PixeIz.]

Very excited to play her and learn her kit hoping to get her as a seven star 🗣️

[@Knullspace]

Wow! Just got her…. Wow!

[@spiderman-2416]

Damn DLL another absolute unit of a Champion Congrats! I really hope you design the next summoners choice champion

[@vgautamkrishna5197]

Yes please 🥺

[@edisonlaw934]

She looks amazing, looks like another banger. Are you designing Onslaught?

[@Daddylonglegs93]

I'm not. General rule of thumb - it's difficult for designers to work on any two champs less than two full months apart.

[@blackhole5353.]

Do you think you could do a video going over the rough drafts of the champs you’ve made? I’d love to see the Abs man, Kate, and Kushala we could’ve had

[@Daddylonglegs93]

I'm not sure that's a good idea. Most importantly, that's probably covered by NDA, but there's also just no way to convey the necessary context of weeks of reviews and playtesting, if I could even remember it all. Plus we just got a relevant look at how the community handles insight into the tuning process with the Sandman beta...

[@OsFan8]

Looking forward to trying her out. I thought I wanted Chee’ilth but I think I want Kushala more.

[@vgautamkrishna5197]

+105% ability accuracy is amazing nonetheless

[@LCMusicTracks]

Lets get it!!! Kushalaaaa

[@NickCarney94]

I'm super excited for this champ! Do you think it'll be easy enough to keep the blessing of justice up in the Necropolis? Best to start with a few sp3s there?

[@Daddylonglegs93]

I honestly have no idea. Necropolis testing was wrapped when she finished up. Sp3s do sound good for reducing stress, though

[@raihanhabib7224]

How important is her signature ability in the context of her utility and damage output?

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Decently. Let's her take anti-debuff nodes and generally makes upkeep easier.

[@chaoslimits]

The pause is nice. Photon’s invincibility should also pause during opponents special.

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Abilities have limits on purpose. That's not the goal of that intangible.

[@chaoslimits]

@@Daddylonglegs93 What is the goal of that intangible?

[@Daddylonglegs93]

To give you an opening if they charge, or to make you safe from some specials, but not all forever, which is what pausing it would do. You can still deal with most longer ones if you use it intelligently even as is. But the goal was a tool to use, not a hard solve for everything.

[@Gambrinus2381]

Ah yes, a little Tommy Tutone reference?

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Actually not, or at least not directly. That's interesting to me.