League of Legends Dev Tracker

The people of Ixaocan celebrate her prowess...The world is next

Oh, I mega trolled and didn't actually post the image of the Pyke changes. #lifeofapatch btw

Not sure the damage conversion into grey health is tuned correctly here, but my feeling is that even when fully ranked, it doesn't need to go as high as it does on Live (where it feels excessive imo). Could see it capping as low as 50% or still going to ~80% like Live.

W giving more speed as you rank it up increases the appeal of putting points into it, and Q having a flatter CD rankup means it's less painful to not rank it immediately.

So, I slept on the Pyke thoughts a bit and here's what I think make sense as a starting point. #lifeofapatch

Basically, make the sustain part of his character passive instead his W passive. Then do a little tuning around that world. Some design considerations:

Requiring a point in W to access the sustain hopefully comes as a relatively larger cost to solo Pyke, where he'd be vulnerable to very early harrass if he doesn't rank the spell, and wouldn't have a combat spell if he does.

Having the sustain passive on W makes sense due to its obvious synergy with the spell. It also means he has to rank it up to get more value from it, and that's a damage tradeoff he's more likely to be able to afford in a duo lane than a solo.

Even though my task for 9.13 is more about RoA than Haunting Guise, my thought this last hour is I should make the Madness passive on Haunting Guise ramping AP rather than %dmg. %dmg is more risky, and the effect doesn't need to multiply damage to be satisfying. #lifeofapatch

Not sure why, but I get the feeling it's his passive...

4 - RoA has more interesting item combo opportunities (Mana build w/ tear vs. Liandry's combo build)