Trapped Games / Old SKARNER's Passive / Kindred Marks / UI Elements / Actually, I'm Pretty Good

[@ZackeroniAndCheese]

The music is so loud in this video

[@aruretheincomprehensible20]

No Skarner player should ever be asking about his spires. That version of Skarner would have been a more fun champion if he didn't have them at all and was balanced around not having them, even if it meant not having a passive. That said, I think August was underplaying how good the spires were though. In practice, they had a lot of power attached to them to the point where opponents couldn't contest Skarner on his spires. The problem was they took up too much of Skarner's power budget such that he couldn't deal relevant damage outside of the spires and couldn't effectively do his job as a juggernaut without said spires. As a result, he just built full tank and played as a tank because he had more than enough utility for it.

[@jobosno]

when the dev tells you "sorry, i have a life"

[@TheNewblade1]

Not gonna lie, that was a strong so is on the he face. It's a tacit acknowledgement that the game itself takes too long and the lp gains, when you actually win, are too low.

[@Nicole_whatsgood]

Coming from Dota I always felt like towers, especially nexus towers are made of paper. Im always surprised how fast a game can end after 1 fight

[@TheNewblade1]

You're kinda officiating. The game should end after one fight at 15min, and it rarely does but anything after 30min really 20-25 it should.

[@adcyuumi]

What was missing from Skarner's "spire kit" was autonomy - players needed the ability to choose where on the map those spires would rise, with less of Skarner's power budget tied to being near them. It could have even been coded that Skarner could get buffed based on how many of his spires he was near. It wasn't the idea that was flawed, just the execution of the idea. Such an idea COULD work for a champion. That said, I definitely like Skarner's new kit better. I would make a change to his E, extending the duration but capping how far he can travel from the casting point. This would allow him to veer sideways to dodge cc, with enough time to close range and still land his E. The better counter would be to either run out of range or try to make his E miss. The lack of recourse Skarner has vs cc really holds him back, as being able to dive with his E is too important to his kit. I think such a change to his E is a better alternative to leaving him as he is or making him immune to cc during his E... although I can also see making him immune to cc while his move speed is above a certain threshold, so that he is only cc'able at the start of his E and the window to cc him shrinks as he buys more speed boosting items.

[@Salron_]

I'm not sure about that sudden impact take, I often see it match or even outdamage electrocute in post game stats. It would be nice if there was an options setting to toggle minor rune CDs being visible.

[@TheNewblade1]

Bro they can't just snap their fingers and do that, that would require delaying the next waifu skin set.

[@Plight_]

This a reupload? I don't really agree with the point on skarners spires. Whats more annoying than playing king of the hill. Shen, you have to fight every skirmish knowing that he could show up. Neeko, you have to press tab every 20 seconds. I feel like league could use more champions that introduce new and interesting mini games or play patterns. I dont think we'll ever see something like Skarner's spires, Singed, mord's pet dragon again.

[@hooliganbubsy7298]

The thing no one ever addresses is that I don't want to make a comeback. I don't want to spend another 30 minutes getting blasted and having nothing to do while some guy has the time of his life carrying me. I'm being trapped in the game purely because that guy and his duo want to have fun at my expense. Yeh so I won but it required 30 minutes of misery. That's not worth it.

[@TheRealSorav]

Coward

[@krejman]

@@TheRealSorav oh no someone wants to have fun in a game, I need to insult him

[@DreamoXD]

If you cant handle not being the main character every game then play a battle royale or a single player game, playing around better teammates and dealing with the consequences of your mistakes is what makes team based games different to any others.

[@hooliganbubsy7298]

​@DreamoXD Yeh you definitely a league player with that toxic attitude and room temp IQ. I don't know how dumb you have to be to translate not having fun getting absolutely wrecked into me needing to be the main character every game. And only team games have consequences?? I did quit league and I was a support main so I wasn't the main character in any game.

[@TheNewblade1]

I only agree with this take when I'm the one carrying. I don't feel like trying my hardest to drag 3 carcasses across the line, but if I'm the one feeding then I agree with the comment before me.

[@jonathanabgrall6075]

Then they decide to make the towers respawn lol.

[@Penalicious89]

nexus towers* which he just said are very squishy comparatively brothers

[@xDamage69]

its not the same, because they are not way tankier, can you even listen and think about what you hear ?

[@Grechaj]

Stop those clicking sounds im begging you its extremely annoying

[@DannyStewart-z4p]

I can't see how a game that doesn't end within the next 5 or so minutes isn't at least somehow winnable

[@crypt6078]

gold difference? some players generally low elo get cocky and just want to get more kills before the game ends