Mediocre Abilities in League of Legends

Today we'll be talking about abilities in League that (at the request of a comment) are mediocre XD

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[dagdamor]

I've learned to appreciate "mediocre" abilities because whenever the balance team refused to apply them in favor of novelty or appeal, we got a 200 years champ forced down our collective throats every single time.

[princexiao]

In the defense of Vars he has probably never been glitched in Anivia’s wall before he’s innocent

[nikolas]

Missed the opportunity to have naayil scream W when talking about infernal chains

[Significantharrassment]

Aatrox W is a sentient entity and you can't change my mind, that shit is a Tzeenchien daemon itself

[ShinZenkiX]

how about the "one-point wonder" abilities? the ones that are super powerful with just one point in them but leveling them up doesn't get much value compared to the rest of the kit? like yasuo's wind wall as an obvious example.

[JumpscareRodent]

Its funny because yesterday was the first time ive ever felt Lee Sins Cripple. I was chasing him and got slowed, and asked in all chat, yo what just slowed me. Ive been playing for 10 years... totally forgot about that

[CaparoMMI]

My boy Taric is an exception, you go for the second point in Q at lv 4 then max E until 9 because you optimize the 2 hit pasive and the 2 charge heal with Q.

Also when playing velkoz mid you go 3 points on W firts, then max Q for a better wave clear with WE combo..
Hope this helps someone trying those 2 champs, I personally enjoy them so much.

[diversquid]

Even though i agree with Bard's W being pretty mediocre if we compare it to other characters, we have to remember that, having a healing that gets placed for later use is pretty good for Bard and Bard only, you might leave the lane to roam and get some chimes but at least your ADC gets a little something while you are somewhere else in the form of what basically is health packs

[TaconIStenen]

Vars I love you man but Hwei’s WQ is infinitely better than his WW

It helps you catch up to enemies in ganks, helps your frontline catch up, help you run away, and unlike Jayce which is in a very static place Hwei’s WQ is a fairly long area that can help him space way better

His WW sounds great on paper but then you remember it’s a fairly small area, doesn’t give the full value of shields immediately so you have to stand within that tiny area for a while *and* it only has 50% strength for allies. It has its uses but it is by far worse than WQ is.

[alexandrospapadopoulos]

It's always important to keep in mind that Riot often designs champions with one of their abilities being a one point wonder, meaning you get a large part of its overall value with a single point in it. Nocturne W and Vi E are great examples of this. the main value of Nocturne's W is the spell shield, which you have at all levels of the spell, and the attack speed boost is there to spend the remaining ability power budget. Vi's E main value is the auto-attack reset to trigger her W faster and make her more fluid to play. The bonus damage on hit and the the splash are nice, but that's not the ability's stronger aspect. A lot of abilities that appear as mediocre are just one point wonders that round a champion's kit nicely.

[welkin]

just a note on “no champions alternating maxing two abilities”

most enchanters put 2-3 points into their heal/shield during the laning phase before maxing out their buffing/utility skill.

examples

milio goes 3 points E -> 5 points W

lulu goes 3 points E -> 5 points W

renata goes 3 points E -> 5 points W


bit different but soraka goes 2/3 points Q -> 5 points W

karma can alternate Q and E

nami goes 3 points W -> 5 points E

[ibrahim]

Brair E is both the worst and most important skill in her kit, you max it last and barley use it but you always need to have it up or else you will just int and go to enemy turret

[Nightmare-fehr]

hwei wq is insane. It's maybe the best tool for helping your team collapse on an isolated target in the mid game. It's like having a kled ult that you don't need to commit to. Genuinely use it more than either of his other w's.

[doktahkun]

Ahri W is such a strong ability😭 dmg + tracking + move speed. It’s what gives Ahri sm skinnyness and like it’s what makes her laning phase poke so strong. The move speed and dmg is so good in lane

[marshallneff]

Imo anivias w is maybe the most broken part of her kit. What you forgot is that the walls summon displaces everone who was on its place. So if you time it correctly, you can instantly interrupt channels and dashes with it. It also triggers mundo p. So basically a lane lenght instant knockup followed by a wall is incredibly busted

[krystians]

9:38 as one of the 5 yorick mains his W is THE MOST POWERFULL ABILITY in his kit and overall really good ability cuz its 360 circle and you can force ppl to dash or just block them so it can be some type of cc and the worst counter for this ability ISNT dash its AS cuz if you playing against sett he can basicly oneshot it and then still beat your ass
and its way way way better then anivia W cuz in jgl its 2 walls and not just one

[nicketchison]

Blitzcrank w fits this criteria for me. The speed up helps you land q and maybe even get in aa range for e but it has an awful slow at the end. So many other champions have speed ups or dashes without a self slow

[MapleNaros]

Kayle has three of the most mediocre basic spells in the game and her optimal level up order changes a lot between matchups.

[The_White]

Hwei's WW is not all that. I find myself using WQ much more often than WW, you can dodge so much damage with it that it's better than the tiny shield WW gives

[RF-qyvr]

6:47 amumu w does not mark enemies, only basic attacks (=autos) and his ult does, so his W is indeed only used for AOE DPS, NOT to apply passive