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Let's get straight to the point, here's Aphelios with Black Myst Scythe warding the enemy nexus from my nexus.

Guys, I asked for +300 Warding. Not +200 light-years of Warding.

I was testing if the warding buff would work on pink wards and farsights (It doesn't). When I tried it on Yellow Wards, I noticed something a bit different with my new yellow ward.

The ward at the steps is +300 Range. The ward near nexus turrets is uh...no idea.

Turns out that selling then buying Shard of True Ice/Black Myst Scythe adds extra range to your warding range. Here's the before and after a buying/selling cycle:

Before Selling and Buying Shard of True Ice

After Selling and Buying Shard of True Ice

Undoing has the same effect as Selling. Fanatic bush strats got nerfed hard eh?

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On a positive note, the new recommendation item system includes pots now.

Yay strawberry juice!

So that's neat.

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over 3 years ago - /u/Auberaun - Direct link

we expect this will be a helpful change for enchanters

over 3 years ago - /u/Auberaun - Direct link

Originally posted by AmWhaleIRL

Damn you guys are actually considering this then? Imo Enchanters having to take a risk to Ward felt right; an exchange of risk for information. Here's hoping this doesn't lead us back to "Better Bot Wins" Meta. Not that I think this is THAT drastic that it'd singlehandedly put us there. Just not a fan of the direction this might take us. Have you explored other possible Enchanter buffs? Not asking for a replacement, just more curious then anything. Edit: I guess I should have clarified but my comment isn't in reference to the Meme Pictures in this Post, but rather to the actual +300 Range on PBE.

We considered 300 additional warding range, not the global that's going on here :P. What we've found in testing is that Enchanters still need to take risks, unless they want to ward every single unwanted brush on the way to where they're going, and still have vulnerability to tank engage in and outside of lane.

We did explore some other stuff but this was found to be the most promising. Just looking to help Enchanters in high MMR and maybe see some more in pro, not flip the meta.

over 3 years ago - /u/Auberaun - Direct link

Originally posted by AmWhaleIRL

Thanks for the response, hope my comment didn't come across as flamey! I suppose my comment made it unclear but I WAS referencing the PBE +300 and not the OP Meme Global here haha. Maybe in ARURF tho :P ? Still not a fan as even though this doesn't eliminate ALL risk (that'd be silly to suggest), it still eliminates a good margin of risk involved. I agree Enchanters needed help tho, and this was a creative way to not Buff Ivern in the process haha. We'll see how it shakes up! Also! "But this was found to be the most promising" This was a perfect moment to say "the most Enchanting" instead lol.

I didn't interpret it as flamey at all, and good call on "enchanting" hehe. Unfortunately we probably aren't going to be shipping this soon due to tech constraints, but it's on the table for later.