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My only problem with lillias w is that its name should be Bambi bonk instead of this

Old Mundo W did a decent chunk of damage considering you could keep it on FOREVER. In addition to that, You gained SO MUCH tenacity. New Mundo W is literally nothing. I genuinely have no idea what they were thinking about with his W.

Mundo's new W is the worst interaction with Grey health in the game

I've always thought Taric had one of the most well-designed kits in the game, so I'm really curious to find out what Vars has to say about his Q

Glad you mentioned Ryze ult. I really hope Riot learned from that one (and some others like Lillia ult) and is considering the coordination that abilities demand when designing new champs. It really impacts the ability to balance pro and soloQ.

14:20 Actually.. it is On Dota2 it's on Underlord, a gigantic tank focusing on area control and lockdown, very popular because you can win a fight in a lane the enemy thought "safe" and teleport the whole team into a creep wave the other side of the map that was pushed beforehand (or just regular old disengage your whole team after overextending)

Yes, let’s talk about Taric’s Q, possibly one of the weirdest designed abilities in the game. It’s not bad on paper, an AOE heal around the champion scaling with HP and AP, but what riot did with this ability makes no sense. When most healing abilities are leveled up they’ll increase in healing, maybe have a decreased cooldown or some other metric that’s immediately usable. All Taric gets is more maximum stacks, and that’s literally it, no extra healing per stack, no extra CD, nothing which means the difference between a level 1 Q and a level 5 1-stack Q is the fact that the level 1 Q costs less mana 😂. Then there’s the fact that the CD is completely dependent on Tarics passive to gain ANY stacks, making it kinda ridiculous to play against. You don’t want to engage Taric because he can Q spam with his passive which gives him more Q-spam, which activates his passive and so on. So instead of Taric heal being a… heal, it acts more as a damage steroid that just so happens to give him and his teammates little heals. What is that design…..

“ I don’t want all my videos to be the same” Outside Joke should take notes

I’m gonna have to hard disagree with your take on Lilia W. Sure, it feels pretty awkward to use, but it’s kinda designed to give her a reason to come close and slow down for moment. The fact that all it does is a fat wad of damage honestly makes it somewhat elegant in the context of the rest of her kit. She doesn’t need it to function, but is rewarded handsomely for proper usage, and has the tools to set it up. I think a good example of clunk done right.

I have said for years, that honestly, Jayce should have his mana costs increased substantially and had his Melee W Passive increased several times over to compensate. It would make his poke less obnoxious and actually REQUIRE Jayce to enter melee form during laning phase outside of all-ins or swatting you away.

Personally I think Zoe's spell theif is ok design wise, it could be better but it definitely has its uses, same goes for Lillias watch out, eep! I think the outer ring does to little damage

Lillia W is very flexible, i think its neat. when ally cc's enemy u can W, to dodge something like lux ult u can use W, u also can zone someone if they are going for ur ally or use walls/minion wave's to your advantage to hit the W, it also is used in a certain way when clearing camps. When for example enemy mord is one aa away to procc his passive and he E's you, u can choose to hit him when hes locked in animation for some heavy true damage or W away to kite him with e's and q's. I think that this ability is very agreeable with the rest of her kit

Zoe's W is great IMO, though it has little interaction with her long ranged playstyle I think being able to pick up a flash or protobelt to extend her Q range is great and makes her a lot more dynamic to play (having to jump in to collect spells) as opposed to doing nothing but spamming E and Q

i think taric doesnt face an ability issue but an indentity crisis, his kit is a very awkward vanguard but everyone plays him like an enchanter

Lilila's W is a very skill-expressive ability, and compliments her kit perfectly. She has tons of mobility and kite, and this is the moment she trades that mobility and kite for for offense. The circle is tiny, so you have to be confident that you are going to hit, the wind-up is very vulnerable, so you have to know when the perfect moment to strike is, and the damage is huge, so the payoff for the risk is worth it. Lillia is a perfect little forest princess and every part of her kit is perfect too. Except for her ability names.

man i love how lillias w feels and i frequently use it to dash away from people and actually how many times it has saved me, but also when i just bonk people in sleep is also just satisfying.

Tarics Q is literally his defining ability. In combination with his passive you can carry every teamfight just by spamming Q and AA the enemy frontline. If your team stays close together the small repetitive healing multiplies by 2 and its for your whole team. Combined with Taric ult it gives a lot of sustain for your team.

lillia's w feels really good IMO and works for her. it has a small dash, so you actually can use it to dodge abilities, and get in range for a q. This tends to be the bigger use of the ability actually, but if you ever get the chance to really commit to a fight, it does really strong damage. She is hit and run, but also is more like yi in that she has to find windows to engage in a teamfight. Her w allows her to really do this well. also her ult set up (that you mentioned) synergizes with this ability too.

To some extent Zoes w being out of place is actually good design. Zoe has to think about which spells she can pick up without getting out of position. Spell thief would fit the desing of a diver that chains spells in the middle of a fight, but that would be so frustrating. Everything you said about being punished for using spells would be 100 times worse if spell thief was on a diver

Zoe’s spellthief works with her kit. The speed bonus allows her to extend her q so much more easily, helping if her E hit too far or if they had dashes or flash to get far enough away! Thanks for recognizing Zoe though! She’s a fun champion isn’t she?

You know an ability's bad when Vars, premiere game design commentator for League KZfaq, describes an ability as "straight-up booty cheeks."

Lillia's W is a remnant of what she was, in development, Lillia was going to be a shapeshifter, like elise or nidalee, but they had to scrap this for whatever reason, so her current kit is an amalgamation of her 6 original abilities, so i think her W was designed when her concept was very different, she probably would have had a basic ability stun that helped her land her W

I always appreciate your music choices. Receive and Turn You is just *chefs kiss* beautiful

I can appreciate all VARS’ effort to give high quality content and insides. It shows! Your background clearly helps too

Great video as always, love your channel - keep up the great work and love you put into these videos ❤️

I think Zoe’s W is super unique. Does she operate fine without it? Yeah mostly, but I feel like it gives the champ a lot of skill expression. Plus it just sorta fits her thematically so it doesn’t really feel out of place.

5:26 it should be a shockwave, that slightly pushes enemies back and deals magic damage.(2x stacks for two uses) in this way it goes with his burst playstyle of it being immediate with a bit of defense but not to useful for that to replace his E knockback, the range of the push is closely in the outer range of it, so lets you do Q>AA>W>E, since w is another burst attack that also helps when enemy engages but still not far enough to fully get rid of them. 7:11 "Starlight's Touch": Passive: Increases health Regeneration of nearby allies(+ Taric's health), "Bravado!" Heals a tethered ally for 70-140 (based on level) Active: Taric summons an area that Shields(100-360 based on level) and Gives 20% MS. If an enemy is affected, only the shield is traded for 30% slow (3sec.), Cripple (2sec.) and Magical damage(40 + Taric's Armor and magic resist). * Mimic acts as a Separate entity, only effecting it's own. 8:00 "For Dreams, Be their Nightmares Lillia!": A bit Of safety First!: Lillia acquires a shield(70-300 based on level) upon Damaging/Taking Damage from an enemy champion, Lasts While in combat and stays for an extra 3 seconds upon leaving it. Outer edge hits from "Blooming Blows" reduces the cooldown by 5 seconds. Active: Lillia taps Her Censer, Empowering her next ability and Auto attacks, dealing an extra 20 +( AP 60% ) for 3 seconds For AAs, and her ability hits empower "Dream-landen's Blough" Increasing it's Damage( 8+(2 Per every 100 AP) Max health Total magic damage) and healing(60-125 For Monsters(6.2%AP) Able to gain it from one additional Monster at time, and 25-200(24%AP) for Champions. Effectives 33% After the first reduction Still Stays.) *"Blooming Blows" Gains Increased Damage and For both inside of outer it. *"Swirlseed" Bounces an extra 2 times, Able to go over Walls, Crushing in area around it dealing (70 + 50% AP) Magic Damage and Slowing enemies hit by 30%, Damage reduced upon subsequent hits by 20%. *"Lilting Lullaby" Enemies Take additional damage after waking up and Crippling them for 2.5 Seconds. 9:33 This one is Tough due to mostly her kit already doing all she needs for the playstyle, so giving her an effective counter to a disavantage can be overpowered or underpowered so Ill try to help with her when she has missed her Paddle star: !If all Fails, Call on the Star Doggy!: Zoe whistles to Areulon soul, who begrudgingly drops a 3 Star circle around her. These Stars deal 60(+ 40% of her AP) while Slowing all targets hit for 30%. Passive: Damaging enemy champions with abilities gives Zoe 3 Bubbles and Speed her up for 20%. They lock on to the Nearest low-Health Enemy, Prioritizing champions and Dealing 30 damage each hit. They all hit at once when hitting "More Sparkles!". 11:22 Personal Favorite as Even old Mundo got somthing out of the little Sunfire cape it gave him, But this has completely nothing. The Wild rift edition has the oppisite problem where he E Is the dead ability while W is the Good one, It's just plainly stupid Because Mundo is sopposed to be a TANK the Outheals you instead of just being beefy enough to not take damage, so instead of a juggeraunt i'll bring him back into a Tank who is also can be a juggernaut: P:"Goes Where he Pleases": Only change: When Mundo's Damaged his regeneration increases, by 5% every hit until 30%. Mundo regenerates 1% of his maximum health every 5 seconds. agreeably the rest is amazing "Infected Bonesaw!"(4 sec cooldown): Mundo Throws his Bonesaw, Damaging the first enemy hit for 3/5/6/7/9% current max health Magic Damage and Slowing the target for 30%, and On hit heals for 25% of the health cost, 90% for champions or monsters, While Infecting the Target up to 3 times. While a target is infected Mundo gains 30/35/40% movespeed Depending on the stack amount, while running toward the target. Infection: Enemy targets gain armor and magic resist reduction, 2 stacks Increases the Slow, Protection reduction and Cripples the Target, 3 stacks Completely Roots the enemy and They Take additional magic Damage when hit twice by Mundo. "HEART ZAPPER, STAT!"(3 Stacks, each 10/9/8/7 sec. cooldown): Mundo releases an electric Shock around himself, Dealing 80/100/150/175/200(+ 30% of your max health)magic damage and Shocking enemies hit. Heart Shock: Enemies will get shocked for 5 seconds, moving on a Random direction every shock, and Heals Mundo for 20 every shock. Enemies who have been infected, Dash toward Mundo and add a stack of infection. Enemies who are already shocked will be take additional Damage from it and gives Mundo a Magical Shield lasting for 4 seconds. *extra hits recharge the Shield. "Blunt Force!, for the Trauma!"(9/8.6/7.5/6 Sec cooldown): Mundo gains 3 stacks of Blunt force, empowering his AA to attack in a Aoe, Dealing additional 40/60/70/90/125 Damage on every hit and healing himself for 50 percent of the Damage on the Last hit , If a target is infected they Take 50/70/105/150 Physical Damage(+ 10 % missing health) instead, on the last hit it deals 20/23/28/34/40% Missing health magic damage. When target is under 50/60/70% health They are Knocked back on the last hit. "Mundo's Favorite Dosage!"(120/115/90 cooldown): Mundo Heals (10/15/20 %)missing health, and Regenerating (80/100/150%) maximum health over 15 seconds. SO I gave him: Extra regeration on top of the healing he gains from his cc counter. Extra cc and a new kind of cc that forces enemy movement into weird directions Resist and armor Reduction for his Team Movespeed and Lots of Health based Damage(this I'm worried I went too far on) and Reverted his ult to the original with the change of coming gaining health on press rather than losing it, but at the cost of it taking longer to regenerate the entire thing. Okay I have to make another Comment for the last character, Also 😊 for Reading my insanity.

You can't trick me, Vars. We all know you made this video just so you could flex that you're in master!

I like the cool new video editing and features you have used over the last few videos! Not going unnoticed!

I’d love to see a video on the rise and fall of Xin Zhao, I find it interesting that since the rework he’s received nothing but nerfs

Actually I think Lillia's W works very well with her kit simply because it is a dash that ignore slows. Slows are one of your worst nightmare as Lillia (just after targeted hard CC), and being able to get out of a Lux's E or a SInged's W is a godbless. Also the huge damage is quite a good reward for locking yourself in an animation. The only problem with this ability imo is that you can't speed it up, and it become a problem in late game when it turns you into a slug. Maybe speeding the animation a little when reaching lvl 6/11/16 would be good. Having it scaling on MS would be fun as hell, but I think it would make it too strong, especially on full AP Lillia who can delete a squishy target with one single bonk.

Found the channel just few days ago and gotta say I have been enjoying the content! Gotta love how some people still manage to talk about this game with facts instead of just throwing more shit in the pile

underrated channel, keep up the good work man!!

Zoe's W synergizes well with her R, since you can pop in from out of range or across a wall, fire off a random spell, then pop back. A lot of her kit seems designed for tossing things at enemies from over a wall - fitting for a trickster spirit.

Can you talk about Rakan’s Q? i love the champion and think he’s in a good spot but man is that not the most useless ability in the entire game it heals 20hp poke range is horrible and it takes way too long to pop (unless u hit an ally) it also feels so random on him

Wild hearing Receive and Turn You in a League video's background. Great watch as always!

As a Zoe player, I think her W is the most fun part of her kit. Her squishy nature when mispositioned leaves her open to getting one shot, she’s a glass cannon in that sense. But I see what you mean, I know she can be extremely frustrating to play against especially when ahead.

I think for the point about the lillia W and Kalista W not matching the playstyle is actually intended. They don't want to make a champ too good at their job so they have one or 2 abilities that contrast the playstyle but also bring something unique to them. For example imagine if they gave lillia a selfpeel ability on W or just another damage ability that was ranged. She would have no spot for weakness in a teamfight. If your the enemy and lillia has a fully stacked passive and is running circles around you, you would have no shot at killing her so, her W makes her have a moment of weakness. If Lillia sleeps a primary target and wants to confirm a kill she has to get up close and personal with W to secure it. That's your time to strike when she is stuck in that animation.

Really interesting how deep can League content can go. Keep up the good upload ♥️

The thing about Zoe's W is that it's important to her positioning. 90% of what her kit does is very position-dependent, to the point where her ultimate is literally just 'briefly reposition.' The foxfire-esque bubbles are basically just tacked on, yeah, but the ability to pick up summoners and items (and the speed boost you get for using them) is pretty integral to playing Zoe well.

You're right. I did enjoy this video. Disagree on Lillia's W since it's got flexible usage despite slowing her down. Though I am surprised you found some examples that weren't just W abilities. Thank you Taric and Ryze.

Its not until you play fiddlesticks against kalista that you realize how useful of an ability her W can be in the right circumstances. Thats a large area permanently warded until you manually kill the patrolling ghost, not to be taken lightly. The fact that there is no timer on the ghost's lifespan is what makes the ability underrated to me

WOW amazing vídeo editing you really outdone your self here

Always wondered what's the rank that Vars has, now we know he's a god

That first transition with the title of the section was hella dope

The reason Lillia’s W is a long short wind-up is because it’s supposed to be the “hit” to the “hit-and-run” in a fight, you will most likely save it for the moment it’s safe to do so, because lillia is supposed to be a skittish and nervous character. It’s a portion of her kit designed to be planned for. If you’re careless with it, you’ll miss the sweetspot and waste a lot of your damage. In many fights, you may never use it until someone is stunned or asleep, because you’re waiting for an opportunity. If it had no cast time or was weaker for less wind-up, her sleep would be less fun to use both in that it is inherently fun to whack someone with the heavy windup while they’re sleeping (ask any smash player who’s ever broken a shield), and that her ult would feel less impactful because she lacks a satisfying way to take advantage of the sleep state. Waking someone up with her Q or E feels really bad a lot of the time.

14:20 Right on point there when you consider Underlord's ult. Especially his old one.

-Being in master doesnt mean you can say whatever you want. Vars: I will ignore that.

Would be cool to see you do some specific videos on either reworking a champion in depth or potentially designing a new champion that fills an available niche in the game

Vars, when you said "I can say whatever I want" i got scared HAHA

Lilia's w actually speeds her up at early levels and can also be used to get through some snares, so the movement aspect is kind of kept. But yeah, thematically incongruent for sure.

It's hard to explain but I really think Lillia's W works real well. At least when going into bushes. Because you go into a bush, they chase you, and then you W back towards them and half the time they don't expect it and eat a ton of damage. And then you run the other direction. It's a bush-juking ability and I think those are fun

yo fiora's riposte is not "extra" or out of place, it's a parry. you know, for the grand duelist. it's her tool to outduel people, if you parry the CC you win.

Vars: I'm in masters, i can say what i want. People in gm and chal: think again

i love how you represented Singed's Q with purple smoke, it indicates you are using daltonian mode :D

Funny that you mentioned Dota 2 with Ryze's ult, because Underlord used to have similar ultimate. After few seconds delay It let him and all allies within large radius teleport to any ally creep, tower or fountain. It was changed because that ult was impossible to balance - once he began channeling the enemy couldn't cancel it. At the same time if it was cancellable it would be hot garbage. So his new ult creates a portal similar to hextech gate, which both teams can use (though allies get temporary damage reduction and move speed after using it). It is way better design, because you can actually chase after his team now. Of course you likely won't have vision around the other end of the portal so using it may backfire, but you have a choice and it's up to you wheter that chase is worth the risk.

I play Ryze a lot and I agree that his ult feels just so frustrating as a "global" ability, due tto its distance/cast time = distance/walkspeed with boots, literally not kidding. If anything, the most consistent thing you'll be using it for will be for escapes, a surprise no-vision gank, catching up with a wall-hacking talon (and even that is hard in itself), teleporting your teammate to 2v1 or 3v2 in the mid/late game. Other than that, you can't realistically use it to sneak barons, the range and predictability (big old circle) makes it so easy to sweep in late game, not many people will walk into it in the first place....

Speaking on Ryze's ultimate... I miss his first one. Adding AOE damage to his spells and giving some spell vamp... in fact, I clearly remember seeing a stick figure animation a long time ago that featured one of them using Ryze's book and kit, and it put its hands behind its head and hip thrusted his old E back and forth between him and the enemy, and every time I think about it I miss classic Ryze more. Just another beautiful piece of gaming history that professional play (literally 0.00001% of players) took from us because they broke it.

Vars: It's ability you might see in dota 2 Dota 2: already has it with infinite range and multiple use, 2 way portal with movement speed and damage reduction buff...

every time i feel bad about my league performance I just tune in to one of your asmr videos and cill ngl.

I'd argue sentinels active goes really well with her all-in kit, letting you check to make sure the enemy jg or mid aren't right about to gank before you go all in on the enemy botlane

I really like real warp tbh. Even if you cant usually get a sneaky play in soloQ, it allows for skill expression in the form of wave management, since it teleports minions as well. You can create a freeze by killing your own wave. You can tp your wave into tower to deny xp and gold. You can deny a freeze by trowhing your wave into their tier 2, preventing the oponent from chasing you, or they lose their stacked wave. And you can use it for just a simple lane gank. With some coordination, you could trowh your darius into the middle of the enemy team. They dont know where exactly he is coming from if the origin of realm warp is out of vision

Is that Receive You and Turn You (Majima's Theme in Yakuza Like a Dragon) as the background sound?

Love the "new" visual and graphics

Hey Vars, what's the music in the background? It would be very nice if you could credit it in the description or something

As a Lillia main, I think her W is fine, Like you said, it revolves around her ultimate for burst until they die from burn by one Q but it also is useful for clearing jungle or keeping stacks in lane because if you lose stacks in lane... well, you just get run down and die by the characters such as Olaf, Darius, and such. She's amazing still, especially with the shift to melee letting her got more damage from items like demonic and such giving her better sustain and damage output. Without it, her clear in jungle would be worthless, and she'd be put out of the game

Loved the yakuza 7 majima background music

I like Lillia's Watch Out! EEP! Even though it contrasts with the rest of her kit, it still kinda fits her character. She may be shy and cowardly, but she has her small moments of bravery that even she doesn't understand. Watch Out! EEP! is that moment of bravery placed into her kit in a terrifying way. It's also very necessary for her kit since she needs the burst after putting enemies to sleep, and it's good for ganking since it can block off the enemy's path

Gotta love the majima theme in the back

Find it weird that you would include taric q over an ability that is just strictly worse than it; rakan q. They function the same, in that they give a small heal to their ally, but unlike rakan q, taric q actually heals a decent chunk and can be the difference in a fight if you can use it correctly (which is just spamming it thanks to your passive.) Conversely, rakan q does very little damage, heals almost nothing, and has a long cooldown that can’t be lowered like tarics. I think it’s kind of like Mundo w in the way that if you took the ability out of his kit it would change nothing unlike taric q, which actually has a use

The thing about spell thief is meant to be a disengage in some ways. It is a huge part of her kit. It give some sort of survival

For decades i was thinking why abilities from DotA usually not work for League. It was after they give Ryze teleport exist i was understood that this game just can handle that much of ability. And also because rito was one of the best Italian chef in the gaming industry

i'm at the start of the video and i hope you included kalista's sentinel since that thing is completely and utterly useless for other than it's passive lmao i didn't even finish typing this and he started talking about it, i'm pleased.

Hey Vars, don't mind me asking. What software do you use for your thumbnails and video edits?

I would really like to see how Vars would rework a certain champ or group of items(e.g. assassin items) for a video idea

14:20 Underlord from DotA 2 used to have this ability, but valve reworked it to be a 2 way global portal that anyone(enemies incl.) could pass through after a channel

Interesting thing about Realm Warp is the Morales in Heroes of the Storm has a very similar ability - Medivac. And Blizzard made it.. quiet usable in Quick Match by virtue of point and click delivering freshly resurrected allies to you. Much lesser play making version that shares a cooldown but with easier use.

I used to play a fair amount of Ryze and I just used his ult to escape.

fun fact - ryze's ult is DEBATABLY stronger than DotA's equivalent. in DotA you have to target a minion or a tower to teleport to whereas in League it's pretty much anywhere (within a range, hence "debatably"). DotA us full of imba abilieties and League having a stronger version of DotA's is absolutely 200 years

I agree that Zoe W doesn't fit very well into her kit, but it's definitely essential to her gameplay. It doesn't matter too much which summs you get, but the extra passive proc and orbs damage are essential to threaten early kills. If you have ignite, and any spell drops on third wave, all you have to do is hit s bubble and you get a free kill or flash. Additionally, if it weren't for certain summs, you wouldn't be able to get anywhere near a fight safely as Zoe. She's completely immobile without her W, and she's very easy to catch whenever she presses R. Picking up summs really helps with that.

As someone who has enjoyed many hours of Zoe gameplay, both on release and post-mini-rework, I can't help but agree about your take on spell thief... to an extent. The ability to steal summoner spells and items from your enemies is *absolutely the biggest gameplay hook for me,* and the bonus movespeed she gets enables her to get more distance on Paddle Star, thus an indirect damage increase. The active movespeed and bonus damage absolutley synergize with her kit, but its feast-or-famine nature in-game currently makes her much less fun to play as and against, and the way it works in laning phase is just terribly implemented. Here's how I would rework the ability to retain the parts about it that I love while (mostly) toning down the parts nobody really likes: *1. Remove the spell bubbles from minions entirely.* The early game drop table is full of so many dead item drops that aren't fun or intuitive for Zoe to use, in exchange for some of them being an un-earned advantage (especially if she already has priority). Tying this power budget to minion last-hits also makes her way worse as a Support, where she would otherwise be an amazing fit since she can steal more spells from more people. She doesn't need RNG on top of spell thievery, it doesn't even make logical sense, since the minions aren't casting spells or using items. It's just bad, weighted RNG for the sake of "whacky crazy gameplay variety." *2. Make her W always have an active, and a cooldown, which is then reduced whenever a new spell bubble is created or picked up.* This accomplishes a lot of things at once, namely: -No RNG feelbads when Zoe successfully picks up a bubble that just sucks (lookin at you, hydra actives) -No "wtf that's so unfair" feelbads when she picks up a powerful one that forces her opponent to concede priority -It always does at least *something,* but if you use it at the wrong time you won't be able to use stolen spells as readily -You can now balance Zoe around mid and Support, since each role emphasizes different aspects of her kit. Mid Zoe gets more levels+gold, thus more damage sooner in the game, and a good way to get priority. Support Zoe gets more summoner spells to steal earlier in the game, fun wall setups to look for bubble traps, and gets to be in control of vision to set them up more easily, with the tradeoff of dealing less damage most of the time. I know people also aren't a fan of the sleep mechanic in general, but to me it is far from the most anti-fun mechanic out there, and she's the only one who has it on a non-ultimate. I just think Zoe gets ignored now because of how hilariously broken she was on launch, and most of that grief comes from this ability, which in its current state is the main problem most people (Zoe players included) have with her. Lemme know what you think of these ideas for changes :3

if u think about it, kalista's W can be useful to kalista since she's the only ranged champ whose autos dont hit the opponent if they lose vision of the opponent (unlike all other ranged champs whose auto will follow up wherever u go). granted it s still worse than ashe's E, but the ability's active "kinda" has a purpose that synergized (or at least covers a weakness) of kalista

learning the new mundo as a mundo main, realizing how weak W is was one of the hardest parts. Nowadays, it's nice if you're getting tower dove because the enemy/enemies usually underestimate W healing by jumping right on top of you, and I'll also use it for a tiny bit extra wave clear, something he's already pretty good at. Old W was by no means a bad ability because it's what gave him his notorious tenacity and the damage was decent, but now it's kinda lack luster. he doesn't need it tho, mundo is busted

Will the "Perfectly Designed: [insert champion here]" series ever continue?

14:19. *Laughs in Underlord's Dark Rift.*

Taric's Q is meant to have a low base heal BECAUSE the 5stack heal is so much, but u often don't need to get a 5stack bc Taric also provides shields, armor, and CC; all helping allies stay alive. Lillia has a momentum break on her W for that explicit reason; slow her down, but with a reward. It gives enemies a chance to catch her if she uses it wrong, and so she's not always zooming around w/o a break. Sure u could buff it, but then u start getting into the realm of letting her have her cake and eat it too. The issue is that everyone has gotten used to champs removing as many of their own weaknesses as possible so having trade-offs are needed and are nice to have. Zoe has a "dead" ability bc her kit only cares about Q. W is what she does when she's not using Q, but it does fit her trickster theme Mundo's W just needs a buff. Someway that either lets him restore more health when cast right or makes the healing more consistent. Ryze no longer has a self buff ult BC its so hard to balance on top of his spammy kit, which can almost carry itself. Its better to have him feel mor consistent than have to rely on the ult to feel like he can take people in a fight. Sure maybe give him a different utility ult, but a Power Boost ult is not a gud idea.

I’ve always like Taric, especially when him and Braum worked together bit lane, but his q has always felt too minuscule for too high a cost.

I love Lillia’s W it’s supper fun, but a lot of the time I’m playing with a yone mid, or my friend on a CC support bot lane, it does crazy damage but only when she had a chance to use it. I like your idea of increased dash range, keep the cool down, but now she can use it as an escape tool or catch up to a enemy who dashed away after her ult.

I use facecheck mainly for the rune pages, I think Riot could rework their tune system to be more like the new item shop, with recommended builds and such

i would really like to watch a version of this or the opposite (amazingly designed abilities) on vars II

The only reason realmwarp is a badly designed move is because you can't nunu bomb anymore. Literally the most fun thing in the game was playing in a low elo match with a friend, and teleporting a nunu into the entire enemy 5 stack right as his ult went off. God damn rito.

although spell thief doesnt fit with her kit i think it fits with her concept and the personality they’re trying to convey through gameplay

Oh my you just read my mind! Since i became a lillia main i always tought that her w was a bit out of place, ny idea to fix that was exactly that! to give the w more range with the stacks she has! Eep!

Using Receive You The Hyperactive as background music? Based, instant like.

I think the main goal of Taric's Q is not its healing but its ability to easily spam his passive in order to reset his way more impactful W and E spells. Most Tarics should just put 2 points in Q so 1 charge for each auto then E and W making them even more impactful the higher level they are.

The only thing I don't like about Kalista's Sentinel is why not just let it stay there? Why do the enemies have the liberty to destroy it when it doesn't even attack. Kinda sad about that I mean I get that vision is important but when the Sentinel suddenly disappeared when you've just placed it there, even if you can't see the enemy isn't that enough reason to be suspicious? Doesn't quite make sense for me tbh. And if you said that the enemies can just wait then, yeah that is true but you will be wasting precious time and even if it's just 0.5 seconds unless everyone else on Kalista's time in on the top lane, only then will you be sure that no back up will arrive to help her stop you from ganking her 🤷‍♀️

Would love to see a a fourth video!

I know you said you won't make another one of these, but I feel like GP Barrel should be in contention solely for crit RNG (since a good GP will one part removing the "counterplay"). It is a lot of fun auto losing the game on a dragon contest when GP one shots carries on a 20% barrel on 2 items especially since his barrels have a bonus crit damage modifier to exacerbate the highroll. They "rework" Rengar Q to have linear scaling with crit because of how bad it feels to get hit by a 20-40% crit, but left GP alone when his is AoE, does 25% more damage on the crit, and goes through most of your armor (after Prowler's Lethality).

It would be interesting if you go through Passives that would be OP in different champions, like giving Sett's punching to ADCs or giving Thresh's souls unto a juggernaut