Monday, July 8, 2013

Blue Buff - A Longer Leash

As of now the leash for Blue buff is very short.  Unless you force it to move past it's leash range with a spell such as a blitz hook it will not reach the bushes, and invisibility, in almost every instance.  I think there are two reasons this needs to change.  This first is simply for balance with Red buff.

Red buff will not only go into nearby bushes, it will leash past those bushes entirely to the other side of the buff area without a spell at all.  It only needs to be attacked and it will walk there around the terrain.  So why is it that Blue buff won't even reach the first set of bushes?

The second reason is for balance with the game.  Being able to pull your buff into the brush is an important mechanic, especially in the early game and especially with Nunu in the spot that he's in.  It allows you to position yourself so that counterjungling isn't as low risk.

Here's a little video explaining how this change would affect counterjungling, specifically with Nunu in mind:



Now this won't fix the problem completely, but it will help and it also simply makes sense to put Blue on par with Red.

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