What if the W circles shows up as JUST a circle to enemy? No “countdown” animation is visible to enemies of Alex.
It would make it more difficult to gauge when the circle would finish if you aren’t sure when it was cast. Allies should still be able to see the countdown. It won’t fix her kit but it makes it a little less punishing to have a giant heal that announces itself to everyone.
I wish she could just reactivate it whenever within the current time to heal. Delayed healing is already a huge risk.
No thanks I don’t want an OP dragon to come out of nowhere and for every singel other part of her to need nerfs.
And that’s why she’s gonna remain garbage tier among the healers as her kit is just fundamentally bad. Like ZJ in the marksman category these heroes will just be gimmicky and for the niche mains who like using them. No skin off my bones for alexstraza since I don’t play her but oh well. Poor ZJ
Thanks Alex is F tier
Thinks KTZ is F tier
Jeesh Tooton your sense for power and meta and what not is just… bad.
Alex F tier hero. You have to be really bad with her to think that way lol.
But speaking of Tiers. Not everyone can be S tier Tooton. And even if a hero is F tier hero then that does not mean its a useless hero that wont bring anything to the fight.
What about making it so she can reactivate it to “detonate” the healing early, for reduced effect?
Like if detonated instantly it would heal for 25% the usual amount, if at half duration 50%, and full duration would heal the full amount ect
I like anything that involves player control and skill, controlling the W timing would be nice
Alexa is Top tier for me.
She’s a really good burst/sustain healer and she can be played as an assassin as well 
She’s the 2.0 DPS Tyrande for me
If that were to be an option I’d say the sooner she reactivates it the less healing it does.
But I still like it how it is… you can control your teammates movement if you see they are somewhere they should not be
In my experience through ARAM people regardless of skill level step into Alex’s Circle of Life far more often than they pick up Deckard’s potions or even be hit by Ana’s grenade. Yes, there are people who by reflex evade the friendly nade, usually not bronze-gold level tho.
What usually tends to be the problem that players are almost too obedient to stand in her circle and basically stand still for its whole duration rather than only stepping into it at the very end. Doesn’t mean you won’t miss healing, it still can be a problem, but this phenomenon is making less skilled players be more passive or take up unnecessary damage.
Her healing is just too counterable and most times detrimental to a team to wait around the circle
You could try placing the circle in locations that are less easy for the enemy team to reach, or better yet are where your team was about to be anyways. Or if it’s so hard, you could try relying on her ‘Q’, which is far more single target healing output anyways.
When you place your circle, you do it ahead of time, so your team gets value of it.
The circle, is a invitation to any mage, to drop thier spells there. But that’s were you use your brain and think ahead and place it were it best for your team both offensive and defensive.
If you place your circle in range of a KT or a Chromie, while your team is low, i will garanti you, they will ignore your circle and run away from it.
Or stand on it and be surprised they died if it’s ARAM.
Yeah, right after they establish just how much the buff increased her win rate. If it increases by 1-2%, there will be no point of nerfs.