Gara's Splinter Storm should not lose all accumulated damage instantly

[Koekr]

Why do we instantly lose all accumulated damage on Splinter Storm when we fall off the map or enter a nullifier bubble? It can take ages to build up this damage, it shouldn't be entirely erased with a single mistake. In some cases, it's not even a mistake on the player's part, with host migrations and wonky map geometry capable of stripping the effect entirely.

Granted, without this downside, there's nothing to deter Splinter Storm from accumulating damage infinitely.

Saryn's 'Spores' ability already avoids this problem by degenerating rather than disappearing while inside a nullifier bubble or after the effect expires.

[LordDragoonis]

what you described is a powerful player based manipulation of the ability, so of course there will be an equally strong drawback to it.

[vixenpixel]

On 2024-04-16 at 2:59 PM, LordDragoonis said:

what you described is a powerful player based manipulation of the ability, so of course there will be an equally strong drawback to it.

I don't think 2m range instant kill aura is that strong tbh. It's more funny to play around with. 

[pisces13]

The accumulated damage should decay over time once the duration ends. Feels too punishing to lose all that stacks of damage because of some timer bug or splinter storm that randomly doesnt want to be refreshed by vitrify.