Thread:Lesdin/@comment-3391671-20160912054757/@comment-27802145-20170217124614

I'd realized the bloating caused to the Q (it was quite horrendous really), so I've gone ahead and made adjustments to it (in fact I was making these changes while I got your reply). With this iteration of Myriad Flare, I'm going for a simplified buffing mechanic (only one buff active at a time, and only affects next cast), whilst also repurposing the Elemental Residues mechanic, in tandem with the return of the concept as limiters to how often the ability can be cast. These changes are made with the goal of removing the mumbo-jumbo-mechanics that the previous Q had with Elemental Sorceries/Elemental Residues/Elemental Stock, and hence simplifying the ability whilst maintaining its thematic and gameplay value.

As for the previous changes I made, they were done with the intention of allowing Nine to have an innate which doesn't restrict her gameplay to her Q. By moving the old innate to the Q, I was able to give Nine a new innate which doesn't restrict Nine to ranking her Q first to utilize it, while also being appreciable for different reasons. This, in conjunction with the fact that the old Elemental Residues system worked on any enemies, not just champions, meant that there would actually be a secondary incentive for hitting champions with Q, and not spamming it on minions as to prep for a 3-fold Infernal buff Q (also a reason for the new update to Q; I hated the idea of being able to cheese up Elemental Buffs before fighting champions themselves).

The W, E, and R are all, as of now, subject to change. It is most likely I will revert the W/R change (if I don't actually rework the entire abilities) as they don't really provide an incentive for me to keep them as they are now (with the new W also being a mini-ult tied to a basic ability key when it really doesn't need to be).

I would also like to propose an idea I had for a lore piece regarding Ifrit. The general story would be that of how Ifrit came to serve/aid Nine (whether this be by a test, conflict, ritual, etc). I've made a new content box titled The Trial of Ifrit for starters, but now that you're planning on making Ifrit more important in the lore, I guess we should wait for you to finish that before we consider this, as to ease the maintaining of continuity.