Quote Originally Posted by SpookyGhost View Post
They'd have to rename Holmgang if they removed the root.
The term "Holmgang" simply refers to a duel of some kind in a limited (but not woefully binding) space (the smallest area would have been 9m square which is way more space than you need for any fight that isn't hit-and-run), which means that the name would still be appropriate as long as they didn't remove the pull. Hell, if you really think that the "we can't be separated" aspect of the ability is so important, nothing should be immune to it; everything that you could possibly want to use Holmgang on for survival purposes is immune to it which renders the "we're bound together" aspect redundant given that they'll just run away from you if you don't have aggro.

If you really wanted to stick with a similar effect, the best set up, as I see it, would be to remove the root from both targets and simply cause Holmgang to continuously pull the target towards you for the duration of the effect (if it can't be continuous, make it pulse the pull every second).

Discussing changes to Holmgang is a can of worms that isn't really apt for this thread since there are so very many problems with it (it's a mediocre uber-CD, it tries to do too much, the range is too short, the duration is too short given the weak effects).