Talk:Zz'Rot Portal/@comment-6281696-20150124135748

Can someone please explain to me what niche the active is supposed to fill? I can't really figure out what it's supposed to do.

pro's: - Extra "minions" in a wave - If one actually manages to get through they do quite a lot of damage to a turret - Long duration of spawn point if left alone

con's: - An extra "minion" in a wave is really not that impressive - Extremely short duration for the spawn (6.5 seconds at maximum) - Short effective range thanks to the short duration - Spawn point can be destroyed - Fairly long CD - Void spawns are squishy

Now the pro's are sort of fine, there's clear use there. But the con's kinda screw with it.

The short duration of a spawn means that you can't just put it in a safe spot since the effective range the spawn cover is fairly small. The fact that spawn points can be destroyed means you can't put it in a "dangerous" spot either cuz it'l just be quickly destroyed. The CD prevents you from just putting it where it's needed, but thanks to the short effective range this means that most of the spawn will appear when nothing of interest is nearby. Their low defenses mean that nearly anyone can just clear em up easily from mid game onward making them fairly pointless in a situation where an opponent is actually present.

The only part in which it really seems to shine is the occasional time when it hits a turret, but outside of that it appears just lackluster at best with all the downsides stopping it from actually being used in a significant way. So what exactly is supposed to be the idea behind it?