Someone miss FOTM (Face of the mountain)?

Killer of Night9··53 votes·14,895 views

A single target shield designed for tank support with low cd. This was a good item to help against assassin when they play leona or blitz who lack of defensive tool. Iron of solari is good but it has a big cd and need to be really close.

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S0kaX37 votes

Do you remember when supports were more than heal spam, damage spam or ward spam? https://i.imgur.com/RiqxKXr.jpg?noredirect

Z3Sleeper1 votes

Yeah, I remember back when the meta became 5 supports for one patch because people realized that all their AP ratios were batshit crazy high.

Then they all got collectively kneecapped to ~half of what their AP ratios used to be.

GrãñðmãstêrShãçø18 votes

Riot removing FOTM was the reason my brother hates support now, that's the reason why he loves 3v3s because FOTM is there

Krully15 votes

all the support trinkets were much more better then the dumb ones now

Magia Erebea10 votes

I look back fondly on my days with the three removed support items, especially Frost Queen's Claim. It's cool to have Twin Shadows back, but it's hard for me to justify buying it when I could get Locket or Redemption. I often don't even bother finishing my support items now once I get to their Sightstone.

Paravozikchoocho1 votes

agree, I finish support item the last if ever.

OtterlyLost9 votes

I miss FoTM. I also miss when support items reward supports with things other than just wards and when you could buy a sightstone early when you were being camped. :(

Crett7 votes

oh yes. but not for the normal reasons.

in URF item cooldowns were also decreased, right? so i made an "item tank" build. item 3309 item 3190 item 3222 (back when it healed) item 3193 item 3143 item 3047 used it on these 3 champs Maokai Sion Alistar dont remember if i used gargoyle in there but i definitely would now.

anyway, i was told it was absolutely satanic.

Killer of Night92 votes

With old urf galio I think it would be fun. Sadly I didn't try that on urf.

Alzon2 votes

😨 me neither

AlienPrimate4 votes

I was a Galio main before he was deleted. Here is a taste of him on urf.

https://youtu.be/JPKEMmhyLkA

Votable Jester1 votes

I forgot the hilarious combo of his on-damage heal with the lazer turrets haha

Bob the Toastr1 votes

I did the same with Leona lol

SpongebobIsLife1 votes

crucible still does heal.

meowwow73 votes

i'm pretty sure with the old fotm guardian would break it due to it being a targeted shield

M00ndanc33 votes

Every dayThresh item 3073

Harden Stepback3 votes

it was a sick item! riot really messed up with that one.

koshkyra2 votes

I miss fqc too

Blakiepug1 votes

I miss this item a lot. The balance team really ticked me off when they removed it off the premise that it was "too similar to Locket." I know not everyone feels the same, but Riot's "support update" earlier this season killed a lot of my love for the role. Everything feels so pigeonholed now; there just isn't enough variety when all support items lead to wards, wards, and more wards.

The thigh guy1 votes

Fotm will never come back because adcs started using it. Anything that gives an adc some kind of defensive utility is nerfed into irrelevance or removed entirely. That’s just how it’s been the past 2 years.

OJPhoenix1 votes

as someone who likes playing melee tank support, I most certainly miss it :(

Paravozikchoocho1 votes

I really miss this item, it literally killed one of my offmeta supports. It really feels weird now to have highest mastery on him, but not playing him at all. It was also pretty good item at engaging, and you always had item 3190 left to protect allies. Now I am either wasting this item to survive or I am missing tons of good engages and baits.

rayzo1 votes

yeah... i really miss the blitz days of having 1000 hp shields

Ionian Vulpix1 votes

I miss it, but they'd have to put it on a new item now that Sightstone is on Targon's Brace.

SanKakU1 votes

Yeah, if I'm not playing Twisted Treeline.

Ho1d This Q1 votes

yes i do miss FOTM however i also dont miss needed to buy a sightstone and have it taking up a slot. if they were to bring face of the mountain back and maybe instead of after collecting enough gold instead of it turning into a sight stone it just upgrades you warding totem to hold the same number of charges as the current wards do

Jerry SeinfeId1 votes

Not really I do miss shield battery tho.

Nea1041 votes

One of the thousand silly changes they have made in order to make this game a one-shot/burst fiesta :D

Wild Geese1 votes

I like Knights Vow better, I like how it can be built situationally on a tank jungler or even a top Laner, since it doesn't require the support item and has decent personal defensive stats.

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