Rite of Ruin Should be Added to Ranked

Vekkna··1 votes·585 views

The black market game mode has been really fun. A lot of the new items are clearly not balanced for ranked play and are mostly fun novelties. However, one item stands out as filling a missing niche in ranked play: item 3430

Since Riot made changes to turrets to increase the viability of split pushing, we've all seen the daisy chain of Tryndamere MasterYi Yasuo MonkeyKing Jax Nasus Fiora Trundle along with the standard Vayne Jinx Tristana

What do they have in common? They're all AD. item 3430 fills a necessary gap in that it allows AP champs to be viable objective threats. I'm not really sure why this discrepancy exists as it is. It can't be explained by range since even short/melee range AP champs are inferior split pushers. Like Ekko Diana Akali Katarina Vladimir Evelynn

The best current AP split pushers are (arguably) Malzahar Teemo Elise Lulu Kayle . In other words, the only AP champs with considerable on-hit effects built into their kits. It's also not a bunch known for their exceptional split-pushing. Teemo split is more reliant on his relative safety via shroom slow and vision, not because he can actually take turrets quickly or duel exceptionally well.

Adding item 3430 would be a perfect addition to help bring some parity between AD and AP when it comes to objectives. It could also shake up the meta a bit by allowing Teemo Kayle and a few others to have additional viability as APC bot laners depending on build.

It could also potentially narrow the gap between AD and AP mid laners. As it is, taking a turret alone as a mage takes several times longer than it does as an AD. As a result, having to base as a mage is riskier. Yet you have to base more often due to mana and squishiness, and you're typically slower moving back to lane.

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JAGMAG1 votes

your forgot ziggs and tf who both build a linchbane most the time

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