Splash potions?

[Nirahz]

So, a short while back, I was just idly thinking of new things to add to bedwars, like usual because I am a good developer! Anyway, I was wondering what the general opinion is on splash potions. I was thinking of making it like this:

You right-click on a potion in the shop, and it turns into the splash variant of it, that you can then buy. This does not come without drawbacks, however:

- The splash potion will have half the duration of the drinkable one
- The splash potion will cost 2 emeralds in solos/doubles and 3 emeralds in triples/quads

I personally think this is an item that could lead to some interesting strategies.


Some feedback I have already gotten:

"Why so many nerfs?"
Splash potions are, in most situations, better than regular potions. The nerfs I discussed previously are put in place to make them more on par with regular potions, not better.

"Wouldn't everyone just buy a regular potion with all these nerfs? What's the point?"
Most people would still buy a regular potion, I agree, but there are many uses where splash potions are superior and fun to use. I want to add splash potions due to the variety of interesting strategies you can use with them, for example:

- Rushing a base without pots, noticing they have blindness, quickly splashing jump and getting away.
- Not paying attention at mid, getting crit out, quickly splashing speed and comboing your enemy.
- Rushing a base while an enemy is chasing you, wasting no time drinking a pot and instead quickly splashing speed to get to the base faster.

And there's probably a lot more situations you can think of. I'd like to know your thoughts on this idea below, with valid feedback on why you do/don't like it.

Thanks!
~ Nirahz

 

[Dogduckdog]

clip it and send me it please

sure , tho i dont have recording software , you just switch hotkeys while drinking pots / switch to gap (basically any rightclick item) you end up with an empty bottle (illegal *gasp*) and no pot effect

lemme try to record tho

 

[Dogduckdog]

yeah, i think thats fair. my reasoning behind asking for community feedback on this item in the first place was because I figured it would be fun to just have something new and refreshing, something people can build new strategies around and mess around with to explore the potential it has. currently there are not that many items you buy with emeralds, you just end up buying the same things over and over. i think something like this would add variety and a new element of strategy that could be fun, but if the community doesn't like it I wont consider it further of course. might be helpful to add it to private games and allow people to mess around with it? idk, maybe that would help

thats true , theres 2 pots , dia gear and pearls , i can get literally everything with 1 collection so id support new items . splash pots are not that bad an idea , since its fast and you can splash the whole team in 4v4 so it would be strong and fairly balanced with its price and duration.
still mixed about it since im a solo main , i dont see that kind of team coordination . some new kinds of pots might be good (not invis ofc) .looking forward to what yall can come up with gl

 

[Nirahz]

sure , tho i dont have recording software , you just switch hotkeys while drinking pots / switch to gap (basically any rightclick item) you end up with an empty bottle (illegal *gasp*) and no pot effect

lemme try to record tho

just shift click on ur potion in ur inventory and it should come back

 

[GoldenElixir8971]

just shift click on ur potion in ur inventory and it should come back

Just clicking over the empty bottle, and placing it back in the same slot works.
But it's still kinda an annoyance if there's an easy fix for it

 

[Adenn]

+1 [Reasons stated by your ownself and obviously sounds like a Fantastic Suggestion!]

 

[progamezia]

Good suggestion,Any good player should realize how useful splash pots may be.With a regular potion,if you urgently need the potion effect,you have to drink it,but with that theres a risk of the enemy taking advantage of the fact that you are not moving forward and just combo you and kill you,with splash potions,you can splash the pot immediately and not risk getting comboed

 

[GoldenElixir8971]

I like the idea, but with the added buff of not allowing enemies to get the effects. That is, you and your teammates can get the effects from splash pots, but if there is an enemy next to you, they wont get the effects