Idea for AP fighter item

JeaneGreene·11/7/2018, 8:57:18 PM·1 votes·654 views

AP fighter itemization is very very sad. It often boils down to being too high in damage and low in survivability, or too low in damage and effectively a tank. Here is my attempt at creating an AP fighter item (Based on Black Cleaver):

Build Path: item 1052 item 1028 item 1028 item 3916 item 3067 +1200 Gold (Total cost is 3500) Void-Touched Blade: +60 Ability Power +500 Health +20% Cooldown Reduction Unique Active: Teleport to a nearby target location. If you teleport away from an enemy champion, you are slowed by 20% for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 80 Seconds. Unique Passive: Dealing magic damage to a target reduced their magic resist by 4% for 8 seconds, stacking up to 24% magic resist reduction at max stacks (6)

Reasoning:

  1. Stats: AP items are all very high AP and low health, so I aimed to make this item lower on the AP spectrum, while also not being 300 health or less like the rest of the AP-HP items. I made the HP higher than Black Cleaver as this item costs 500 more gold to make, and I made AP higher as AP isn't as applicable as, or scale as well as, AD.
  2. Active: I wanted to mimic the Black Cleaver Passive by adding a cool little active. This active would function as a way for the AP fighter to get close to their target. As some AP fighters (most noticeably Diana and Mordekaiser) can have troubles getting to their target (in the case of Diana, without her ult), the teleport can be an invaluable way to start their assault. I wouldn't be against giving them the rage passive though as the teleport seems a little weak.
  3. Passive: The same as the Black Cleaver Passive except stacks last a little bit longer. Maybe the penetration should be higher, and the stack time reduced idk.

Tell me what you guys think about this item. Would you build it on Zac/Diana/Morde if you got the chance?

4 Comments

Doge202011/7/2018, 9:14:47 PM2 votes

I don’t really see anything wrong with it at first glance, but if this does get implemented into the game I am sure somebody will find a way to complain about it lol.

If the stat values are around the same as BC then I imagine that it would be a niche item and be like BC where only a few people might imagine to build it

Nevurwin11/7/2018, 9:13:59 PM1 votes

I like the item, but i would ditch the teleport Active. I think having an additional mechanic like that to allow champs to "Flash or TP" in a sense, would just frustrate a lot of players. Instead, how about giving the item something similar to the phage passive?

ie : upon landing an auto attack, gain a burst 10% movement speed for 2 seconds.

Also, idk if you realized but there is already a black cleaver"ish" ap item. Wits end item 3091 shreds magic resist upon each hit up to a cap.

HP Crookshanks11/7/2018, 9:31:44 PM1 votes

Having an another anti-MR item other than item 3135 would be really helpful. Because AP champions are useless against champions that built MR. (item 3020 item 3165 item 3091 gives only flat magic pen.)