Silver Sable Balance Update Ideas

FrostGiantLord

Silver Sable has been one of the worst new champion releases in recent memory, and I'm extremely glad she's finally getting a balance update to hopefully make her an usable champ. The Kabam team stated that they would be rebalanced to "empower her mine-focused playstyle". Any ideas as to how this might be achieved?

EdisonLaw

I have a concept

Moderate buff: Silver Sable

Always active: S.I Bounty Hunter

Light and Medium attacks: 60% chance to inflict a Shock debuff for 25 seconds, dealing X Energy damage
When a personal Shock fails to trigger due to an Immunity, inflict a burst of X Energy damage instead.
Heavy attacks cannot Miss, each hit inflicts a 35% Disorient passive, against Science the potency is 50% instead.

So to start things off I increased the chance to inflict Shocks and slightly increased their duration. In addition each hit of the heavy inflicts the Disorient instead of the final hit. That way she can access her disorient with one heavy attack instead of two

Sable Mine

If the Opponent moves into a Sable Mine, it triggers, inflicting an instant Shock dealing a burst of X Energy Damage and refreshes all Shock effects. That Sable Mine then goes on cooldown for 6 seconds, deactivating the burst Damage and Critical Shock effect. Mines are not triggered during Opponent’s Special Attacks.
Remove all Sable Mine cooldowns upon performing an Intercept or punishing a Special Attack. Defenders become more aggressive when they are near the mines and are more likely to throw their Special attacks
As an Attacker, if Silver Sable passes over a Sable Mine, she’s granted a 3% Fervor Passive for 25 seconds and Purifies 1 Debuff.
Knocking Silver Sable into or over a Sable Mine via a Heavy Attack, Special Attack 1 or Special Attack 2 removes the Mine without triggering it

One of Silver Sable’s known issues is dealing with a passive AI who is blocking and unwilling to cooperate. By adding in some AI manipulation mechanics found on similar champs like the Leader, she is able to utilize her rotation much better. Also she can make up for her lack of immunities by using the mines to purify any Debuff on her

Special Attack 1 – ‘Bait and Trap’

On the final hit, set a Sable Mine in front of the Opponent that arms after 2 seconds and lasts until the next Sable Mine is set. Each subsequent Special Attack 1 sets an additional Sable Mine, up to a max of 3.
As a Defender, the Sable Mine spawns at Silver Sable’s location, arms immediately, and only 1 can be set.
On the final hit, inflict a Tracking Passive for 20 seconds as well as an Energy Vulnerability passive for 25 seconds.
The Energy Vulnerability is meant for those with higher base energy resistance, such as Photon.

Special Attack 2 – ‘Split the Bounty’

The first hit grants a non-stacking X Cruelty Passive for 25 seconds.
If the Opponent is knocked into a Sable Mine via Special Attack 2, convert up to 15 personal Shock Debuffs into that many Critical Shock Passives, multiplying their potency by Silver Sable’s Critical Damage Multiplier.

Changing her Cruelty to a Passive allows her to take more matchups that punish buffs, mainly Mystics.

Special Attack 3 – 1 hit – ‘Wrap things up’

Pause personal Buffs, Debuffs, and Passives for 20 seconds.
Deal a burst of X Energy Damage. Additionally, detonate all Sable Mines, dealing an additional burst for each Mine and setting them all on cooldown.
Since I allowed her to refresh her shocks via her Mines, this now pauses them.

Since she can refresh her Shocks with her mines, this now pauses them for a while.

Signature Ability – On the Hunt

Activating a Special Attack grants a X Cruelty Passive for each Shock effect on the Opponent for 15 seconds. Max stacks: 10.
Light and Medium Attacks that Intercept the Opponent have a chance to inflict a Precision passive for 15 seconds. Max stacks: 5