Death's Dance Lifesteal

SlashStriker··4 votes·1,477 views

Unique: Instantly heal for 15% of all physical damage dealt. Area of effect physical damage only heals 5% for every unit affected.

Why the hell Death's Dance gives less healing to AoE abilities since its lifesteal for ability casters meanwhile we got Bloodthirster than gives 20% lifesteal which is basic attack oriented? That seems messed up

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venomous frost2 votes

because, if you hit an aoe ability you heal to full health with 1 ability

think of the healing graves could get with 1 Q hitting multiple targets

SlashStriker2 votes

Deathdance is item for casters. They are suppose to rush it. Its like telling the ADC not to get Bloodthirster when its obviously ADC item

Could you imagine Ashe with that item 3072 ? She'd run rampant every game just rushing it, and it would just make fights one-sided. That's coming from a Ashe main.

Doesn't this sound ridiculous?

TTK Dreadnought1 votes

Let's triple bloodthirster's lifesteal.

CerealBoxOfDoom1 votes

no, it doesn't sound ridiculous at all. Bloodthirster is an adc item and its not something you should rush. Nothing new there

Bhagswag2 votes

You ever seen how much a Varus Q does? You ever seen how far that goes?

Yeah, so, let's give that 15% full life steal...

Astôlfo2 votes

Because AoE means you do the same damage to multiple people. So you effectively do the damage you did * however many targets = a lot more effective damage. Meaning, a lot bigger heal.

TTK Dreadnought1 votes

Because dealing 100 damage with an AOE on 3 targets would heals for 300 instead of ~100.

People already know various champions being really good with Death's dance (Graves Illaoi are two prime examples)

Imagine Illaoi healing for 300+ from death's dance instead of 100+. Or Graves healing for ~300+per champ hit from his ult.

BLACK REALM GOD1 votes

So what you're saying is... Combo it with cleave. Gotcha.

TTK Dreadnought1 votes

Wait. you dont already combo it with cleave?

BLACK REALM GOD1 votes

Cleave, nightfall,botrk, deaths dance, visage, dead mans plate.

meh sometimes when I play talon or zed. I would on nasus but... Nahhhh

Mecha Incognito1 votes

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Bloodthirster than gives 20% lifesteal which is basic attack oriented?

You said it yourself - Bloodthirster is for basic attacks only, it's that high because it's only gained from autos. If Death's Dance wasn't reduced for AoE it would be heavily abused and make a lot of AD champions suddenly sustain through everything, because it also functions as 15% lifesteal as it applies to basic attack damage too. Could you imagine Riven with that? She'd run rampant every game just rushing it, and it would just make fights one-sided. That's coming from a Riven main.

TTK Dreadnought1 votes

As an illaoi and graves player. 100% agree.

Death's dance would then become the #1 rush item for most AD top laners

CerealBoxOfDoom1 votes

lifesteal gives 0 hp from most abilities

deaths dance gives hp for ALL PHYSICAL DAMAGE

Linna Excel1 votes

Spellvamp worked the same way.

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