Talk:Tristana/@comment-1920550-20151025221724/@comment-5955640-20151026010515

Her reset mechniac is in utility. The rocket jump being a damage worthy reset mechanic was nerfed and mostly removed in the rework. Pre-rework Trist could actually rocket onto people specifically to kill them for the reset.

The reset is just for the jump which is to keep you engaged or let you run away. As far as the E and Q being the reset for her kit. I'm not really sure that's supposed to be a reset at all. Just something to cool it down. Otherwise they just would have done that. Having not done that I reckon the E Q combo is just a bonus for getting a chance to fully stack the bomb which only really happens on turrets which works perfectly fine in that regard.

I wasn't actually being sarcastic. I was quite literal in saying that in order for their to be a balanced full damage reset marksman they'd have to cripple it in other regards that make marksman power. It probably be a very low level of DPS, Low Base damage, and a lack of ability to reall utilize critical strike.

They'd basically make a marksman that would have to buy tear because all of it's strength would be in casting and well. Look at Darius, Katarina, and Jinx.

Jinx only gets mobility which comes at the cost of a lack of mobility otherwise.

Darius comes at the cost of being kited and the natural weakness of being melee. It was a lot more restricted before the juggernaut update though.

Katarina being what I would arguably call the epitome of reset power has all of her strength really in one spell that channels with the counterplay being that she actually can't just toggle her spells to get the most out of her kit so she can't even enter a fight without being entirely canceled out until the last second.

Have you considered the weaknesses of a true damage reset champion to see how it wouldn't benefit a ADC marksman?

Lots of casting power and a compensation of a real weakness otherwise you end up like Darius who is currently getting a lot of nerfs to make up for the flexibility he now has.

Either it has to be really unflexible until the opening for the reset happens or it's a really weak mechanic that serves a utility purpose.

I have absolutely nothing wrong with there being some sort of mid or top lane caster marksman that makes all their damage on being a cleanup champ with no sustained damage.