Riot Games has already revealed all the secrets regarding the next new League of Legends champion. The developers explained the abilities of Nilah, a powerful set of spells that Riot Games designed to compensate for the fact that she is the ADC with the lowest range ever added to the game. There were some big surprises in this great revelation, but the most notable of all concerns his passive. This is inevitably reminiscent of a mechanic removed during the Mordekaiser redesign that was considered extremely problematic.
The removed ability that still causes panic in the community
Mordekaiser’s first rework is best known for its ability to transform suppressed dragons into familiars capable of annihilating turrets and enemies. However, the other major strength point of the character was linked to his W. Originally, this spell had a passive that allowed the champion to benefit from all the experience of eliminated minions even if he had allies nearby . This ability has been changed to its stats so that the champion “gains 50% of the experience he would normally lose due to the presence of allies”. The text of this ability is very similar to that of Nilah’s ability which, in addition, also affects her closest ally.
During a press conference preceding the unveiling of Nilah, we learned a lot more about this ability. Blake”Squad5“Smith, Nilah’s lead designer, told us: “Mordekaiser’s old passive wasn’t so much an issue because of what he was doing as it was because of the champion himself, his skills. This time around we focused on integrating this bot lane champion early on (…) We think Nilah won’t be a problem because his bot lane experience is closer to a traditional carry Players should feel better playing against her. The old Morde had too much damage, stayed away, pushed with the dragon… Nilah is much easier to understand”.
The truth is that the developers don’t seem to be wrong. Old Mordekaiser was overwhelming in so many ways, and while shared experience was one of the most important parts of his skill set, he had so much potential in his spells that it’s nearly impossible to find a single reason. why he was so powerful. However, it should also be noted that due to the changes introduced by Riot Games in the latest patch 12.10, levels are more important than ever. All champions gain more stats, so differences have a bigger impact on the outcome of fights
The numbers indicate that this will be one of the champion’s strongest abilities. Being higher in level than your enemies is one of the most important perks in League of Legends. In fact, it will be necessary to closely monitor the possibilities offered by the passive during the first minutes of the game. Can Nilah be able to reach one of the first four levels before her opponent, which could be devastating in ranked. Fortunately, the character is more late game oriented by having several scaling that rely on critical hits. However, it remains to be seen if Riot Games’ “preventive measures” are sufficient.
League of Legends players can finally experience Nilah’s true skills. The developer has created a new champion who looks very interesting and whose spells have nothing to do with leaks, but everything to do with defining the character as “Yasuo of water”.