Rylai's Overated in Low Elo?

WitchQueen Annie··1 votes·375 views

item 3116 seems a bit over-rated in low elo.

I'm sure there are reasons for people to rush it in pro play and to favour it over other heavier burst AP items.

But in low elo, it seems better to burst down targets and to just overall do more damage with items like item 3285 and item 3089 early. Since the rest of your team's going to be scrubs (there's no guarantee your slows will create any oppertunities your team will actually be in a position to use); you need as much damage as possible so that you have a higher chance of deleting targets.

For example, when I play Vladimir and Viktor in ranked Silver, they seem a lot more dangerous with an early item 3089 or item 3285 then an early item 3116.

The slow for kiting seems kind of pointless too since generally I can kite pretty well even without it. And in games where people have abilities that let them get straight into your face (ex Rengar or Kassadin ), the slow from item 3116 applies too late to save you and its much handier to just be able to dish out a full volley of AP blast at close range.

1 Comments

JhomasTefferson1 votes

I build it 2nd on lane cho and 3rd on jg cho. It gives him a lot of sticking power, which I find he sorta needs if youre not a pro with the q and or they have a decent amount of mobility. With it I become incredibly hard to kite for an adc, who in bronze regularly will go off to farm because of their adc complex, making them easy picking.

More from Gameplay

More by WitchQueen Annie