Talk:Skarner/@comment-26203093-20150825204105/@comment-26203093-20150827215048

Yeah, I agree. It's less about the actual mechanics, though, but about their powers coming in steps instead of curves. having crystal energy decay as you leave the field, smooths it, having AD stack exponentially with bleed stacks smooths the noxian might curve instead of the power difference between 4 bleed stacks and five.

I personally prefer smoothing the edges overall because it's also easier to predict. Which is why I fucking hate katarina. I'm trying to do my job while my team mates fuck over their positions or get overzealous chasing, and despite me being at practically full health she just spams every ability that resets and get a penta because as soon as one dies, everyone dies. But if she misreads the durability, or someone uses a shield, she goes from wiping to getting wiped. It's one step worse from somebody bouncing bran's ult to me; at least you can see that coming.

Continuing the analogy, to me these champions are like getting a shotgun. Great best case scenario. Terrible worst case while you're reloading and at a distance. Fucking sucks turning a corner and meeting the shotgun, though. Have I mentioned I don't actually like FPS's generally..?