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Life Steal

Flightwing··1 votes·1,108 views

I'm still curious when Riot is going to solve the rampant life steal problem.

In my recent game as Garen ( 1/10/15 started roughly around 10pm MST ), the enemy Fiora bought three...THREE life steal items. She would engage on us, and heal up on minions to full health, basically nullifying the damage we just did on her. This could of been stopped with an AD item that slows life steal. With her attack speed, Blade of the Rune King, Bloodthister, and Ravenous Hydra, she was almost unstoppable. I say almost because it took 4 of us to take her down, since she had over 40% life steal.

Late game, the Udyr also started building life steal. So his build, plus his Blade of the Rune King, his attack speed, and his natural life steal = a big pain in the ass. I have a feeling that Udyr's life steal was at least over 20% pending what stance he was in.

If Riot isn't going to give AD something to stop life steal and spell vamp, cap the damn thing. I mean, Riot capped cooldown reduction, why not life steal? Even attack speed is capped at 2.5. Why not 25% for life steal and spell vamp? After all, it'll then force those who stack it, to build other ( and probably more useful ) items. And I play Fiora, so I know what I'm talking about.

Oh and before it is spoken, no, the shield on Bloodthirster isn't overpowered. But it is when somebody has 40% + life steal and is building to the strength of their hero, as they should, it will never be removed.

5 Comments

Lord Dusteon1 votes

...Riot capped cooldown reduction because of how overbearing and powerful it is at higher amounts.

50% cooldown reduction, everything is up twice as much. 2x damage. 75% cdr, 4x. 87.5%, 8x. 94.25%, 16x. And on and on (look, Karthus has 100% cdr! Guess we can't actually do anything now!).

Lifesteal is built at a tradeoff; most of the items with it only grant flat AD (with BotRK providing more AS and slight AD instead), which when focused on (such as getting 3 lifesteal items) makes the build severely lacking in armor penetration, crit, and cooldown reduction.

Vigilwake1 votes

Yeah but with champs like Fiora who just need to get a ghost blade and she will shred your armor like it was nothing

Devious Anarchy1 votes

i was under the impression lifesteal had a cap

BullSpit1 votes

I feel you man, esp on riven too. Check my post about 1 life steal item if you'd like, tis new. with blood n ruined it give yi jg way too much sustain. I shouldn't have to feel like I'm facing a tank who can kill me in 3 hits and a q. With riven 2 ls items is broken cuz she heals for all the damage her sheilds don't block that by that time you get rid of the shields, your left with a full health riven who will regain her blood shield if she hits me one more time? How is that not broken. I'm not even going to get into ruined king mainly i rarely build it, I know that it's kind of broken as well.

Smobin1 votes

I agree life steal in a huge problem when someone can build tanky with trundle and have two attack speed items and and beat the hell out of three people by him self because he just gains all his life back as he is fighting them.

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