Tier 4 Spirit - Mystic Overclock

[outer_sunset]

Imbue mechanic that increases cast animation speed for ability.

Effect on abilities:
- Projectiles fly faster (bebop hook, talon bird, wraith ulti)
- seven ulti spreads faster (duration remains same)
- dynamo's stomp spreads faster
- paradox swap goes fast like amusement ride
- infernus ulti delay faster
you get the drift...

In Dota 2 there used to be the upgraded magic blink dagger which after use increased cast animation speed by 40%.
I feel such effect is missing in deadlock. Most heroes become really freaking fast in lategame with all the items and spirit scaling and whatnot, it is not uncommon to see people literally running across half map until wraith ulti can catch up to them.

 

[gibnewitems]

This would be an incredibly polarizing item. It'd be incredibly broken on a select few heroes, yet a troll pick on most others. Imbuing it on paradox swap would be the ultimate noob bait item pick of the century, since a big part of what makes paradox ult really good is the fact that the enemy is dragged into your team unable to do anything. Lowering that time to swap would pretty much be equivalent to spending a lot of money to lower the duration of a character's stun, a straight up downgrade.

As for people running away from wraith ult, that's part of her intended counterplay. It's an point and click CC that can be casted from range (unlike mo combo), doesn't obscure headshot hitbox on stun (unlike seven stun), and is on a carry hero with incredibly good mobility. May I suggest not casting ult at max range while everyone has movement abilities and stamina up?

 

[narcissyphus]

I think it should just do one thing, you can't have an item with so many hero-specific interactions.

I'm good with an ability projectile-speed increase item -- HOWEVER there needs to be some kind of caveat so it's not a must-pick on every single strong abillity with a travel-time.

It would need to be a noticeable speed increase, but it can't be so fast that it breaks counterplay. So it would need to be at least a tier-2 item