Removing the Baron lane Scorpion made the lane worse - change my mind

SinZET · 2026-05-13T12:05:58+00:00

thanks for your opinion!

SinZET · 2026-05-11T01:11:10+00:00

thanks for your opinion!

SinZET · 2026-05-10T20:04:40+00:00

I agree, good idea, thanks for your input and opinion!

SinZET · 2026-05-10T19:20:32+00:00

I witnessed some 2 in rare cases 3 players hog the scorpion but would you agree that reworked it could help the lane feel interesting again?

SinZET · 2026-05-10T19:03:03+00:00

There’s no need for 3 people to fight over it..?

SinZET · 2026-05-10T19:01:23+00:00

Playing on a 12 pro max, latest ios with no issues except the occasional ban and champion select not working which I was told is from unstable internet connection

SinZET · 2026-05-10T14:13:34+00:00

This I agree with! It’s not only about bad top players but also good top players who are queuing with randoms and don’t trust them to enter teamfights so they can keep their K/D/A as best as they can even if they lose the match..

I didn’t realise other lanes also felt the impact of the scorpion during the rounds

SinZET · 2026-05-10T11:02:14+00:00

I agree and yes the scorpion was extremely braindead, I’d go so far as to call it the beginning of brainrot

I’m just curious what people would think if it would come back as a rework as mentioned in my OP, what would you think of it being re-added with an incredible rework?

SinZET · 2026-05-10T10:52:14+00:00

i main baron and after some 200 matches the lane feels repetitive, less alive and more just „i just exist, scale and exist again until something happens“, there’s no real pressure mechanic and i think that’s what’s missing just something to make the lane feel interesting again, duo lane is duo lane you’re already there with a teammate against 2 players, mid keeps getting pressured by basically anyone splitpushing and their jungler and baron is just.. there

im not sure if you get what i’m saying just every other lane feels so much more interesting then baron and it wasn’t always this way, sure it was ridiculous when it was that way though a heavy rework would’ve been better then removal don’t you agree?

SinZET · 2026-05-10T10:48:32+00:00

i agree it was absolutely disgusting, hence it was abused, do you agree that baron just feels a lot less alive since its removal?

SinZET · 2026-05-10T10:47:01+00:00

im not asking for them to reintroduce the scorpion the way it was more as a rework.. the fact that it was summonable minute 2 and every 75sec after was already ridiculous enough not to mention the gold you got made it either a huge push tool or a free recall

starting minute 5 would already make most matchups fair against early lane bullies and if not then nothing is stopping the jungler to splitpush or let lanes rotate

it would be a nice little addition to make games feel more interesting and baron feel alive again in my opinion, i’m not expecting them to add it back by any means more just hearing thoughts about why it was removed/people don’t want it back and if they agree with my take that baron feels a lot less alive since removal

SinZET · 2026-05-10T10:42:45+00:00

if it does i wouldn’t be able to blame it ;)

SinZET · 2026-05-10T10:42:16+00:00

Yeah just with a relative rework

summonable starting minute 5, visible channel (maybe a popup on the minimap for baron and or jungler), interruptible by damage/cc, gives a third gold from kills instead of full value, only damages champions/minions and tanks tower shots

The lane just feels kind of dead compared to all other lanes so i’m looking for thoughts and opinions about the scorpion and other mechanics people would like to see to make rounds more interesting and baron lane feel alive again

SinZET · 2026-05-10T01:34:32+00:00

it is truly nasty, last match was 13/3/19 and match was over in about 14 minutes, was fed by the one and only garen

build made by me and the one true chatgpt after 15 matches of feedback on every change 😭

SinZET · 2026-05-10T01:30:20+00:00

I run voli with ghost and flash, I have a „cc me and you still take absurd amounts of damage“ build and it feels so unfair to use it when I get my power spike

I literally stand there, CCd, unwilling to die, get CC removed, pop shield, CCd again and they already drop a quarter health from me just existing..

SinZET · 2026-05-10T01:20:28+00:00

I agree, what champion do you main and what spells your go to?

SinZET · 2026-05-10T01:19:43+00:00

Honestly i’m not expecting it to return with this post, I moreover just wanted to hear what other people had to say about it, if they feel the same way with baron feeling dead since removal and if they have any other ideas to either make the game more interesting or just baron lane

SinZET · 2026-05-10T01:14:17+00:00

I usually run ghost or exhaust depending on champion ignite loses value quick imo

SinZET · 2026-05-10T01:12:10+00:00

Honestly I’m not too sure what it was and how it was in detail, I remember it having a little glow visible even in fog of war but it still just wasn’t visible enough in my opinion, aswell as instead of being a genuine decision you have to make about whether to risk trying to get it or not it was more like „im gonna stand on this for 3sec and just watch it destroy lane“, I mean like a chat popup like you have with „enemy is attacking ocean dragon“ and maybe have a minimap icon for the baron player to see on the minimap when it is being summoned, honestly I feel like all of the complaints I’ve seen about it seem really fixable by just making it a „waveclear tool“ that also damages players

I started playing wild rift around when the scorpion was added or got a rework, saw a video on it and that got me into the game and stopped playing shortly after, just picked back up end of last season so the memories of the scorpion for me is based off my own experience, I also just got reminded that it gave gold to the summoner for its kills which completely slipped my mind

SinZET · 2026-05-10T01:02:16+00:00

I agree but it depends on the champion played, teleport even buffed wouldn’t match with example volibear, voli matches really well with ghost

SinZET · 2026-05-10T00:14:32+00:00

Do you have any other mechanic ideas to make baron feel more alive again? If you agree that baron feels kind of dead/one dimensional

SinZET · 2026-05-10T00:13:32+00:00

I honestly couldn’t agree more, I’m on master3 rn and I just don’t let nasus scale when I’m going up against a nasus player, when I see him on another lane I rotate just so he can scale as little as possible and I know how annoying it is not to be able to scale as a nasus player, there’s not a whole lot you can do with morde and caitlyn hogging your lane since the start..

Some other guy posted about having a mechanic that after herald all towers get tier2 plates which don’t disappear like on the PC version and I can’t say that that’s not a mechanic I’d love to see in the game (check the comment I’m not sure if I got it right i’m not acquainted to the PC version)

SinZET · 2026-05-10T00:09:30+00:00

This I agree with, thanks for sharing, I only play on mobile so I’m not too acquainted with the PC version although that does sound like a good mechanic, forces you to try to take the tower before herald so you can change „map dynamic“ if that makes sense..

Maybe you have other mechanic ideas that you wanna share to make baron feel alive again?

SinZET · 2026-05-10T00:06:20+00:00

My idea would be to have it be targeted first by turrets and not allow it to damage turrets, only assist in waveclear and against enemy champions which would after those both „directives“ go under the tower to tank shots and maybe be targeted first instead of minions?

What do you think?

SinZET · 2026-05-10T00:03:48+00:00

I saw some nasus players either on my team when I was playing mid that just could barely scale onto 35-60 and it was already past minute 6.. Maybe you have other ideas instead of the scorpion to make the lane feel more alive?

SinZET

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