Vars: These are the only champions with empowered abilities. Karma: Am I a joke to you?

Oh boi a new video, I hope he won't forget about karma

Karma - an existing champion with empowered abilities that I believe are in need of a moderate update. Since she is a hybrid Battlemage/Enchanter, her empowered W and E should be modernised to better reflect this. For example, Mantra W working on allies and Mantra E giving damage again. Karma is an example of a champion who's pre-reworked iterations had mechanics that were ahead of its time and would be beneficial if modernised and reintroduced.

When I heard empowered abilities I first thought of Karma....

Out of all the "empowered ability champions", Karma is by far the one I play the most so I was expecting to hear of her. And I also usually agree with Vars' definitions and the pools of champions that fit them so I REALLY wanna know if she was just forgotten or if there was a reasonning and what it was for not including her.

Next Video: Why No One "makes a video about* Karma

I think shyvanna would be a great candidate for an empowered ability rework

Draven likes empowered autos alot. It makes Draven so cool looking. And to the people in the back. No, Draven doesn't lose his self esteem when Draven fails to catch an axe.

I'm looking forward to the Udyr rework, It's supposed to have empowered stances. Also Karma is THE empowered ability champ, but after her nerfs I understand why we dont want to talk about her.

You should do a video on obscure crowd control effects, like im not sure if it does this anymore but viktors Gravity Field used to pull enemies down if they were knocked up.

Talking about empowered abilities, he legit forget about Karma tho

My man Vars , you did my main Karma dirty :(((

I would have loved to have some empowered abilities on Sona, the stacking passive isn't really rewarding when the games don't have extended fights or even reach the 30 min mark.. I don't know but it would have been a refreshing mechanic being able to have empowered auras when reaching 10 stacks.. Just a thought

can see janna with empowered abilities, bigger tornado, stronger shield and maybe a stronger dmg on her slow, and kinda fits her lore, since the more people believe in her, the stronger she gets

What about karma? it fits the description of empowered qwe

Vars: This inherently raises the skill ceiling of all these champions Me: Rumble face-roll go CRAKCRAKCRAK

Oh Vars, u had just enraged the whole Karma community, u gonna face the karma

Zac should have emotion meter because of his lore, and if he's happy his abilities are more support focused and he has higher defense and if he's angry he should be more damage and disruption focused and have more dmg/less defense

LeBlanc also uses empowered abilities. She has a clear choice between mobility/aoe, single-target burst, and cc, one of which she almost always requires to be effective in certain situations.

Something tells me that Vars has gone against Tank top Karma enough times that he doesn't want to even mention her name.

karma?

Me a Karma main: my diasapointed is inmensurable and my day is ruined...

heyo vars, i really like your videos because its a really good source for discussion among my folks, can you talk about raid boss ultimates? like nasus, renekton, volibear, and aatrox's ult. Thanks mate

There wasn't a premier for this? Crazy, I love empowered autos. Would've been nice to see live

Nice. Also I think maybe it would be fun to make a video sometime about the "raid-boss" champions, like Volibear, Nasus, Aatrox, etc (that "transform" with their ultimates)

...Has Vars forgotten Karma? Yikes

isn't Seraphine here too, all her abilities change when empowered, w starts rooting instead and her shield also heals you

Speaking of Rumble's overheat thing: A few seasons back (like season 4 or 5) I actually played a build wherein I was trying to be overheated as often as possible. I built Nashor's, AS boots, and then full AP. I had damage on my abilities, but overheating was fine because my auto attacks did serious damage as well.

With the upcoming Udyr rework I begin to think. Aatrox could've had the same mechanic where depending on how much bloodwell he has, he gets a Q with a better heal for the neutral game, a W that slows more for lock down and E that has a longer ranged dash for initiating. Possibly, even making a revive an option through the cycling. Instead they made him into a manaless champions the slowly falls off if he can't snowball. Bloodwell could have had so much potential, the point of Darkins thematically was to have blood magic which won them against the war against the void. If we look at Vladimir, who's power came from Darkins, he is so much more thematically accurate than the three Darkin that are present on the rift.

A video talking about circumstantial abilities would be cool, you always talk about the singed senerio, but there’s also Aniva E, Moakai E, and um lulu’s, that have different effects based on how you use them.

Wouldn’t Brand also count here? I know his empowered abilities work differently than the others, being that he has to have used an ability to access them first, but each one of his abilities has an empowered version, and each do different things

I think an idea for empowering abilities champion would be each ability has some kind of job, and the empowered version is opposite and synergistic to that version(example, W that allows you to gap close to an enemy like pantheon, and empowered version being an execute like reksai's bite) BUT to empower one of the basic abilities the others have to be on cooldown and they share it with the base version like pantheon, so no double cast. But here is the real twist, have the base version be the ability you want to cast last and the empowered be the one you want to cast first. Example: passive- for each basic ability on cooldown your other basic aattacks deal 10% more damage(10%-30%) and once you have only 1 basic ability available then it is empowered(this effect has a cooldown scaling with ability haste), when all of your basic abilities are on cooldown your basic attacks slow for 0.3 seconds. ability haste which does not work on basic abilities. base q- quick jab with a knife that makes a dash like kalista in the direction of the stab(can go through walls) hitting an enemy at the end is the sweet spot, doesnt stop at enemies(good luck with your e) empowered q- throws the knife that when hits an enemy(minions included) then the knife goes a short distance behind them and tries to pin to a wall specifically, if it does then the champion is stuck at that distance like camille ult for about 0.75 seconds. The closer they are to the wall the shorter the leash so to speak. base w- put a smoke screen where you stand that acts like the opposite of graves, any champions inside will be not visible and once you enter it you can see them(not nearsight so you can still see outside of it) empowered w- throw a flash smoke bomb that at the place of impact blinds and slows(by like 30%) enemies for 1 second. if you are in melee range it detonates in your hand base e- bash an enemy with a kick pushing them to the right, if you do it right you should have enough time to q them at the point where they land. the kick goes left to right and the place the enemy ends up is the right most side of the cone, leveling it up may increase the arc, so larger kick still the same range.(like 30 degrees to 90) for easier time the cursor is stuck to the place the enemy will land near. empowered e- kick an enemy pushing them backwards, like asol ult, its just enough to put them outside of your smoke range. your next attack against the enemy allows you to lunge towards them(increased aa range basically) base r- a slide that has fast start and slow finish to the dash, it lasts like 0.75 seconds and cant change directions(can't go through walls). while sliding you can use abilities. if all of your other abilities are on cooldown it is instead empowered. empowered r- a fast jump with noticably shorter range but no downtime for your movement. I imagine the champion is a kinku and a muscular woman. the combos and why they are the way they are: e q w towards an enemy allows for putting them where you want them to, being up in their necks and being able to beat them up.(probably op) e q w away, if you do the angles right you can use it to run away and throw the bomb so they cant chase you (also op, please nerf the flash bomb) good that this one deals no damage w e q allows you to easily pin down an enemy and bash their head near a wall w q e allows you to come close easily and push them in a direction you want, maybe towards your team (use ult to not die instantly once there) q e also allows you to better manipulate the position of the enemy the emp.q is for beating up ability users emp. w is for auto attackers emp. e is you want to move more around normal r has a weakness of not being able to dodge when you finish the dash, because at the end of the dash you are near stand still while still not being able to move, better to use q then. empowered r has no weakness except not being able to cast anything because all of your skills will be on cooldown. it does have around 60% range of the normal one although less then half the cast time so its faster.

Another awesome video

you should do a video about sleep and how it is amazing with teammates that don´t interrupted it, but really bad with teammates that just AA the sleeping enemy

Oh boy a new video from Vars I wonder if he’s gonna say former or ladder

empowered abilities are the best mechanic i completely agree, it makes the champs adaptable by not only by builds or runes but play style too, they can switch their strenghts to each situation, renek q for both damage in tf and survivability, w for breaking shield to kill a high priority target thats being shielded or e to shred the frontline with your team, panth q to burst or high aoe, w to shred with your claver and pta or stack conq, e to chase or retreat, making them not only strong 1v1 fighters but also awesome team mates in teamfights

I'm shooketh right now. Makes a video about empowered abilities but doesn't talk about Karma when that's her whole thing??? Also maybe as a support play I'm biased but Sona is a good example of empowered auto attacks. Her power chord is very close to the functionality of an empowered ability

if im not mistaken, riot plans on giving the reworked udyr empowered abilities! i think they said that in the latest dev-blog about the rework.

Great idea Shyvana with empowered habilities. I would like her with a short duration and short CD dragon form. It would be a interesting ultimate hability

I've been playing alot tank Pantheon top and have fun playing it.

I feel like Sett and Mordekaiser (although they don't need reworks) wouldn't do bad with getting empowerments of some sort. For Sett it fits this "epic anime fighter" champion style they went for (and, frankly, executed well) and for Mordekaiser it could possibly fit his whole "I refuse to die" thing.

There used to be a sick build back in season 8 with renekton which was titanic and yommuus both had actives that could be auto attack cancelled which means you auto then w to cancel animation than titanic to cancel w animation the yommuus to cancel titanic it had insane burst and was honestly really hard to do.

I think Sonna would work well with empowered abilities, since she's already halfway there, having to chose which song to play.

0:55 this man speaks my mind

new udyr rework gonna have empowered abilities too so I'm hyped af

1:02 I couldn't agree more my man

Hyped for Udyr's empowered abilities!

Honey wake up vars uploaded a new video

Another great video from mr.streamer, hope you having a good day. This gave me an idea for a possible video and that would be giving items to specific resource types, like tear for champs that use mana. While I don’t think you can give energy champs more energy (rip POM) I still think that wouldn’t matter (not a single champ buys manamune for the mama they buy it for the on hit passive). But what if an energy champ reaches 0 energy in combat their next kill restores their energy (in that combat only) or if energy champs were given a resource bar where if they cast 5 abilities they get a shield. The main problems I could think of this was 1 good luck designing a balanced fury mechanic (takes gnar 30 seconds to stack but rek’sai 4 autos) and how you design these items for ad and ap champs. Which another video idea could be your thoughts on implementing adaptive force more into the game because I think it would be very interesting if instead of having the 4 completely different grevious wound items and instead having them all buy from a chemtech rod that just gives adaptive force and then another component that would make the item class specific (amplifying tome building into the chemtech bomb, or zeal building into the chemtech poison bow). If you read this far, love you dood you do such a unique style of videos, been watching you for a while and plan to continue

As someone who still plays karma top lane, I find this omission especially aggregious.

I made a rework concept on jax once and replaced his boring ult with a ability empower, it feels like it fits with jax more than his current ult

Would brand meet these recuirements for empowered abilities? Each of his abilities gain a specail effect as long as his passive is on someone

honestly kayn would be an interesting candidate because instead of a mid game transformation he could get empowered abilities say based on a combo you do that either let the darkin shine trough or show kayn's strength, that would represent the internal battle for control (as stated in the lore) much better which I think could be interesting

I'd say Ashe. Even if the champion is meant to have an easy gameplay, I think that stacking as a Pantheon to then use empowered arrows with real damage would be really interesting (perhaps a better slow on enhanced version and a weaker on base version)

Teemo mainly because he's my main. The way to access his empowered skills is through camouflage. Move his poison dart to his passive. Q. When camouflaged his blinding dart will increase the duration of blind. W. When camouflaged his W will add a roll instead of just increasing his movement speed during the beginning E. Camouflage with infinite duration when not moving but will run out after a certain distance R. Will remain the same but with added instant damage upon activation. This will change his playstyle from waiting for unsuspecting victims to a guerilla specialist. I think the WR version of Teemo is in the right direction and just need to tweak his numbers.

You finally made a video about this, after mentioning in every other video.

If I am not mistaken udyr will have empowered abilities so I'm really excited.

I like how at 1:00, you say 'I have unpopular opinions' right after saying two of the most popular opinions

Are you going to make a three hit passive video?

I remember a Renektom game where I shredded 60% of the enemy nasus's armor with empowered E + cleaver and shredding his Gargoyls + Steraks with my empowered W and we managed to shut that walking menace down even though I was kinda running it all game. Won us the fight and the game. Overall empowered abilitys are great. They add skill ceiling without adding mechanical difficulty. They reward you for understanding the game and the league combat system which is a good thing.

I'd argue karma and vayne could fit. Karma for obvious reasons and vayne's Q gives invisibility when in her ult

I think about trynda and the fury bar only use. Like, crit from the passive is really good, and the heal is good too, but if his E and W have different effects based on quantity would be a awesome feature. So, the W is a AOE slow and eats the AD in a good amount, but the empower ability is like this: With 50% rage the slow is 80% and with 100% is a 1sec AoE fear. The E is just a Spin, but with 50% rage, if it hits a opponent, he/she/it would have the armor reduced by 7/14/21/28/35 flat, and the 100% would guarantee a crit hit after the use, heal by 5/10/15/20/25% of the damage delt by this crit. His Q however only scale the AD based on fury %, like, 50% fury, adds 10% ad to the heal and with 100% would give him a boost to atk (5/7/9/11/15% of extra ATK damage he have) and atk Speed (5/10/15/20/30%) and consume all fury bar at any use with 50% or 100%, only with this skill. Or something like that.

You forgot Karma and excluded Fiddle, Annie, and Vex for the same reason that you included Rumble. What?

Oh boy you are going to love Udyr :D

As a Vladimir main I'd say he'd do rlly well with empowered abilities. His q already falls into that category and I feel like it would add some really fun depth to his gameplay. For example maybe his empowered w be the pool and his base version could be something else. To make a vlad be more judicious when they pop the ability rather than being a get out of jail free card. Maybe his empowered e could give you a slight speed boost or temporary bonus health or resistances based on how many enemies you hit in order to incentivise getting into the thick of things. It would also highlight his team fight potential rather than him just being able to 100 to 0 one person in lane. Also pls for the love of God give my boy some love and give him a visual update omfg

this is why i play pantheon top and mid. empowered abilities combined with his early game (level 1-2) being insanely good make for an easy lane

the issue with your "risk reward" take is that in the end of the day its the same thing with evolvers, you're risking not reaching full potential for the reward of maybe getting to the point where you whoop the enemies

this is actually a good idea for shyvana to have empowered ability's.

Wait, doesn’t Karma count? Great video either way!!

The song in the background is from fire emblem right? Which one is it please

I think the obligitory karma and seraphine neglect ought to be pointed out, also you could maybe say leblanc perhaps.

I would love to see an adc with empowered abilities. I think Sivir would be a great option, since her R is just run faster, and instead of that, they could have make it lika Karma's ult. Q base would have reduced damage than current one, and empowered maybe built in lethality, W base has limited bounces and empowered deals a bit more dmg and has mana refund, if hits enemy champ also with +2;3;4;etc bounces. Her E is the problem, I guess. The base would be as it is right now, but when empowered maybe has 2 casts or blocks the first 2 incoming spells

I can finally watch b4 going to the bed

Hey vars. This is kinda random but a couple months back you said that you wnated to expand WNOP with smash bros specifically with shilk. How is that hoing so far?

What about Karma and Seraphine, both of these champs revolve off of their passives and how they get stronger either after a certain amount of casts or an upgrade like heimerdinger

Hey bro, can you tell me how to record cinematics in this game?

Nidalee cougar form W can also be considered an empowered ability. Quite a few champs missing here.

What about seraphine? Does her passive double cast count as empowered? Since both her w and e have additional effects that stack on the effect of the first cast. Even her q deals more damage on low health targets, with her first cast dealing damage first.

Hi Vars! :D

Why does Brand not count as someone with empowered attacks?

I was excited to see Karma in here...

i would like shyvana to get empowered abilites just hope they make it work for her

Empowered nocturne would make a lot of sense. Nightmare versions of each with a visual flare and fear

The idea of Shyvana as an empowered ability champion like you suggested actually makes me wish I’d voted for her

Also, I know you get a lot of comments, but I'm very curious: You use music from Path of Radiance in a lot of videos. Have you played that game? It and it's sequel are two of my favorites in the series. I'd love to see a video by you talking about them.

I never realized how much I play these kind of champions, time to return to ARAM

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

First :) Another great video to watch before I go to sleep 😀

Nice vid. Does Seraphine not count? Or have you erased her from your memory?

I think ryze doesn't count anyways because the ability isn't actually empowered when you cast it, but rather when it hots a specific target. It will be like saying that using an ability on an enemy affected by evenshroud makes it an empowered ability

Whoa....you uploaded early

As a top lane main those 3 things you brought up you hate speak to me on a spiritual level

Empowered abilities is one of the few mechanics in league that hasn't been that hated yet

1:03 and that's how you know you found the best LoL youtuber on the platform.

What about Karma wild rift rework? Is she joined the empowered abilities group?

It makes sense why almost all of the champs are considered lane bullies because if used correctly you will have part of the power of a scaled up champ early in the game

karma players are fuming right now , me included

i really like karma's empowered abilities!

Surprised Vex wasn’t brought up

No primere?