Despair

[ShadowFlame]

I feel like despair (Maar's passive) is one of the best abilities in the game. It limits your sight so much that ranged heros basically have their range reduced. I think there needs to be a counter for it, in something that any team can have (not an ability). However, I think that an item to counter a specific ability is pretty dumb, so I propose it be changed. The ability synergizes with Maar's ranged / stay away from the enemies playstyle, so I like it but it is too powerful. Nerfing it isn't the answer, because too far and it will be worthless.

 

Perhaps changing the ability to affect less and less as more people are affected, like slightly more than it currently is with 1 person, but less and less as more people are affected, because the main problem is that you get raped by a nova and cain as you can't see a dam thing from Maar. The whole team gets whipped out.

 

Ideas and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is appreciated.

[Grantypoo]

Counters - Anything that reveals terrain. Pretty easy early game to use a ward or a scan before people have counter detection.

 

Personally, I never have a problem JUST because Maar is cutting my sight, it's an annoyance but not something so annoying I think it needs changed. I dont think it ever cuts your vision down so low that a Nova can hit you from outside your vision. I'm almost 100% positive that hasnt happened to me.

 

Just because something is hard to counter doesnt mean it needs nerfed.

[buggy]

Back when Shadow's ult wasn't a 'true blind' and just reduced your sight radius to zero, boundary scanner was an effective counter. I'd imagine that if Despair is causing problems during team fights, popping off a scan at the start of a team fight would counter it. Additionally, since right now there is a glitch to have infinite scans (drop the boundary scanner, have a teammate try and pick it up, stacks refreshed), it would be trivial to always have a scan ready for team fights. Maybe throw a smoke screen before the scan too, to flob up the enemy vision.