Medusa's Statues

[Mori]

So I find myself enjoying Medusa out of most of the hunters, especially her ult when I can kill someone in that time so their corpse becomes a statue until destroyed in game. Everytime I play her and do this though, 10 out of 10, people from my team will come and destroy them almost immediately... RIP. Why are these objects even destroyable by my allies to begin with? It makes no sense to me, tbh. For the enemy to be able to, ok. But for my team to be able to do the same, making my hard-earned ult kill pointless (in terms of the kit at least)? Whhhy??

[RecalledDread]

Same reason Cabrakan walls are destroyable by the team. People could intentionally trap them there as a troll. Or in Medusa's case, it would be accidental (the chances of doing it intentionally are almost impossible).

If you are stuck against a wall from enemies, and Medusa ult turns them to stone, you are now stuck there, only able to recall, then you might need to help GF, FG, Towers etc. You lose out on farm, and have to travel all the way back, or waste teleport if you absolutely need to get there.

It won't happen often, but when it does, it could be really useful to be able to destroy them yourself.

But yeah, people doing it when they don't need to is stupid, it's a nice effect, and useful to Medusa, by destroying them, you make her a little less effective.

[MrFlaptastic]

Originally posted by RecalledDread:

Same reason Cabrakan walls are destroyable by the team. People could intentionally trap them there as a troll. Or in Medusa's case, it would be accidental (the chances of doing it intentionally are almost impossible).

If you are stuck against a wall from enemies, and Medusa ult turns them to stone, you are now stuck there, only able to recall, then you might need to help GF, FG, Towers etc. You lose out on farm, and have to travel all the way back, or waste teleport if you absolutely need to get there.

It won't happen often, but when it does, it could be really useful to be able to destroy them yourself.

But yeah, people doing it when they don't need to is stupid, it's a nice effect, and useful to Medusa, by destroying them, you make her a little less effective.

Y M I R

I know it's really short, but sometimes that last shot that gets you really matters.

[Mori]

Originally posted by RecalledDread:

Same reason Cabrakan walls are destroyable by the team. People could intentionally trap them there as a troll. Or in Medusa's case, it would be accidental (the chances of doing it intentionally are almost impossible).

If you are stuck against a wall from enemies, and Medusa ult turns them to stone, you are now stuck there, only able to recall, then you might need to help GF, FG, Towers etc. You lose out on farm, and have to travel all the way back, or waste teleport if you absolutely need to get there.

It won't happen often, but when it does, it could be really useful to be able to destroy them yourself.

But yeah, people doing it when they don't need to is stupid, it's a nice effect, and useful to Medusa, by destroying them, you make her a little less effective.

I suppose that makes sense, but the chances of actually managing to trap an ally with statues, and even if on purpose, seems HIGHLY unlikely. I just wish they had some kind of color code to the statues so that if it's made by an allied Medusa, it has a green HP bar, and red for vice versa. Honestly, half of the time, if I solo queue and play Medusa, I can't help but feel teammates instinctively destroy the statues (even when they're not in the way of a path being used) thinking they come from a god on the opposite team because of the red health bar they have above the statues. Of course, the other half are probably either trolls or just completely unaware whenever I solo queue. It's just a bit stupid, I agree.

And it's annoying if and when I have to explain before or in game, to not destroy the statues if they can help it, so I don't bother usually because of previous experiences where I tried to. I do play Medusa with premades, so that does help a bit, but I find I will experience the same issue even then eventually sooner or later. In premades, I always make sure to explain that. In fact, the whole deal would be pretty funny as a spectator, tbh, if it wasn't slightly frustrating to begin with.

On the bright side, most Medusas I see on the opposite team usually suffer the same issue, so it's usually "fair" for Medusas on opposing teams in terms of statue effectiveness in my experience.

[The Dude]

Medusa's statues are mostly useless, I don't see why it's an issue.

[Hydrataur]

Originally posted by The Dude:

Medusa's statues are mostly useless, I don't see why it's an issue.

You can use your 2 on them. It helps sometimes and it looks nice

[RecalledDread]

Originally posted by MrFlaptastic:

Y M I R

I know it's really short, but sometimes that last shot that gets you really matters.

Except the Medusa Statues are permanent until destroyed. Cabrakan and Ymir walls are temporary. Cabrakan walls are destroyable because if you get caught with his Combo (Ult + 3), it gives you a chance to get out. Ymir only has the wall to stop you moving that way temporarily, so there isn't much reason to be able to destroy it.