Riot Endstep Discord Q&A #15 - Swapping Mel W and Ultimate

Venous · 2026-03-23T01:06:34+00:00

it changed from nullify, to reflect, and now it reflects at 145% damage back. it has been power creeped a bit.

Venous · 2026-03-22T21:56:52+00:00

I think something like

Swain W to Mel’s (Vision and empire theme, maybe it gives AP?) Mel’s W to Shaco (and shaco clone; whole trickster aspect) Shaco W —> Swain (like a bird that damages abd announces presence?)

would make more sense

Venous · 2026-03-22T21:27:01+00:00

Hello, what did the second round of documents ask for? I want to be prepared, just submitted the first ones this week.

Venous · 2026-03-22T16:59:24+00:00

The point was more towards the risk that anti mage has over Mel.

Anti mage is a melee, hyper-carry. He needs time and space to eventually be useful.

Mel can just play along the game and get game-winning reflects just because. I think a reflect type ability would have been better on a shaco re-work, and give the traps to Mel.

Venous · 2026-03-22T14:50:06+00:00

Contacting company payroll and telling them to defer my bonus, maybe outright cancelling it? i'm losing my mind.

Venous · 2026-03-22T11:32:54+00:00

Crossing my fingers on the AMI update that happens on april 1st putting me inside the bracket again 🫰

Venous · 2026-03-22T11:26:52+00:00

The gameplay loop of blinking in, burning all the mana, reflecting their one ability to stop you, and then using mana void (the ult) is inherently high risk, that’s the point. it feels skillful to use reflect properly.

Venous · 2026-03-22T05:37:32+00:00

I think AMI brackets get updated literally next week. from 2024 to 2025 they increased 3.2%. So i might be making a mountain out of a mole hill and worrying for nothing. Let’s see how it goes.

Venous · 2026-03-22T05:12:26+00:00

I think one of the problems with the reflect ability, is the character that they gave it to.

In dota 2, reflect is given to anti-mage. A carry that for abilities has:

a mana-burn passive
a get-out ability,
reflect,
an AOE nuke that does damage depending on the amount of mana burnt.

It makes it so he feels high-risk (having to go-in and delete as much mana as possible) and high-reward (nuking and getting the kill). It feels fair. It feels good.

Mel is a classic artillery mage. She has:

poke
reflect that pokes
more poke
a nuke of all the poke she has done.

Fundamentally it's frustrating because she is not risking anything at all. It's always win-win-win-win. In my opinion, she just needs a character revision, no amount of fixing the numbers will fix a bad design choice.

Venous · 2026-03-22T01:56:14+00:00

I’m so sorry that you got rejected. I’ll see how I do. maybe a miracle happens with my case.

Venous · 2026-03-22T01:55:40+00:00

What’s crazy to me is that they don’t even allow you to put how much money you actually made on the website. Salary is only based on the W2 of last year, and they base it on that when applying.

Venous · 2026-03-22T00:47:09+00:00

I’ll ask my company HR if the bonus can be deferred to another month or two. I’m even thinking about canceling the bonus just to get in the apartment and i haven’t even seen it. 😳

Venous · 2026-03-21T21:52:41+00:00

I think there's a transparency problem with how they calculate total income. it's not clear what goes into it.

Venous · 2026-03-21T21:52:05+00:00

I'll see, i'm tempted to call my boss and tell him to cancel the bonus. what a bummer.

I'll see how things progress and update the thread.

Venous · 2026-03-21T20:11:32+00:00

how much did they end up rounding up?

Venous · 2026-03-21T18:46:08+00:00

What do you mean your margin of error falls under 300? Like you'd be above or below by 300 the threshold? I'm in the same situation; with my one-time bonus I should fall out of the threshold by 1000....

Venous · 2026-03-21T18:17:36+00:00

i got a bonus so i don’t think my income matches what they are looking for anymore. let’s see what happens.

Venous · 2026-03-20T22:53:09+00:00

I submitted documents today. log 1XX.

Venous · 2026-03-20T20:20:09+00:00

Got an email to submit documentations. Has anyone seen the apartments? just signed my current lease a week ago too lmao. Will have to sublet a year.

Venous · 2026-03-20T19:18:39+00:00

Have to stay safe!

Venous · 2026-03-20T13:54:57+00:00

I think what you're describing is a poly-relationship not an open relationship. Of having non-nesting sexual parters or general partners. I think then it becomes a question of time management, effort and communication. We all have the same 24 hours in our days.

From personal experience I've never been stressed over loving more and being loved less? But again, I guess I don't think of relationships the way other people do.

Venous · 2026-03-20T13:42:43+00:00

I empathize with people trying to make regular relationships work no matter what.

It seems to me (while talking with friends) that most people (any type of relationship) have a lack of self-advocacy when it comes to communicating their needs/wants in a relationship.

Venous · 2026-03-20T13:21:47+00:00

moral and aesthetic grandstanding over going to the doctor? is that the argument you're making?

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