Thread:Lesdin/@comment-3391671-20160912054757/@comment-27802145-20160912073309

For starters, we would definitely have to cull Nine's extremely extensive capabilities for it to be even appropriate for LoL. As you've said, this would dull her uniqueness as a mixer-mage, but I'm sure if we go about it appropriately we can avoid both mechanical conflicts with Ryze, and the entire removal of her uniqueness, whilst preserving her gameplay elements from the source game.

No definite abilities have to be assigned as the "charge expender", as we could just do what Riot has most recently done with Yorick's Q having double actives, though I guess this would go against Nine being able to utilize her D with no preliminary actions. I do perceive this as a con, as most likely you do as well, but in a sense I also regard it as holding potential; we do need to cut her variability down into size any ways, and this could definitely be a reasonable alternative.

What I'm concerned over is how we should go about the kit's feel. Do we want something impactful, intricate, or perhaps even insidious? And if we were to decide on how it should feel, what should be the pace for the said feeling? And finally as the premier mixer-mage of LoL, should Nine play spam-happy, or should she play methodically?

I'm personally willing to go for something which locks into itself very easily (ie. lots of synergy), feels impactful both thematically and mechanically (compare previous E with current E), and is of a mediocre pace, combining the perks of both spam-happy (think ) and methodical (think ) kits.

Additionally, I think Nine holds potential for lots, and I mean lots of thematic flavour if done right; "right" being something I hope we will be able to achieve of course. The innate of a kit seem to be the most prominent bearer of flavour in the newer kits I've seen Riot produce (ie., , ), and I believe we could surely learn something from this, as in we should strive to make Nine's innate something anyone could look at and say "Damn, that spells out a badass mixer-mage."

Doesn't take much intuition though to know that whilst  does do its job magnificently, on paper it isn't the prettiest thing around, nor the simplest, hence I'm hopeful that we won't end up doing the same thing Gypsylord did with forcibly producing results through convoluted mathematics and statistical jumble. However, I'm currently at but a blank with how we could go about Nine's innate, so perhaps it would be best if you replied by commenting on your perspective on Nine, as well as stating any ideas you have at the ready regarding a potential innate.