Black cleaver feels so unsatisfying to build

Kenpãchi ·8/24/2018, 12:44:23 PM·22 votes·10,326 views

it's so weird and bad to have a item 3044 and a item 3067 for 6/7 minutes straight which is like 15 ad then suddenly getting 40 ad and the armor pen passive for 950 gold , it slows down the scaling curve so much , and sadly you can't just skip cleaver for cdr purposes , my solution is to make it built of item 3133 and item 3044 , this will definitely help a lot. NO shit even garen and darius rushes triforce now cuz cleaver is trash

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BALDG1VEN BOOMER8/24/2018, 4:24:46 PM15 votes

Lucian : You can thank me brother.

Darius Strada8/24/2018, 3:02:34 PM11 votes

It used to build with item 3133 but Riot changed it. Still miss The Brutalizer

Critmaster Garen8/24/2018, 3:05:28 PM9 votes

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it's so weird and bad to have a item 3044 and a item 3067 for 6/7 minutes straight which is like 15 ad then suddenly getting 40 ad and the armor pen passive for 950 gold , it slows down the scaling curve so much , and sadly you can't just skip cleaver for cdr purposes , my solution is to make it built of item 3133 and item 3044 , this will definitely help a lot. NO shit even garen and darius rushes triforce now cuz cleaver is trash

the ad focused build of item 3133 item 3044 build caused the item to be abused by some marksmen pretty heavily.

it became better on skirmishers, assassins and marksmen to use against champions like darius and garen, than on the champions its meant for themselves.

this is why they changed the recipe back and put more health into cleaver, because adc and skirmishers simply dont want health over ad, while health is almost as useful for juggernauts as the ad.

i agree, that darius and garen are mostly rushing triforce in this meta, because cleaver feels weak when fighting the more prevalent bursty/squishy champions.

they could just increase the health on cleaver by another 50 to 100 to increase the cost efficiency, and allow the juggers to fit another ad item easier into their builds.

like on garen it would be easier to build item 3142, on darius it would be easier to fit item 3748 into his build for the auto reset, and illaoi could easier fit item 3812 into her build, when she has more defenses from cleaver.

they could also decrease cleavers price by 50 to 100 gold, considering its not powerful enough to be the big core item anymore, but an item you use to amplify the damage off bigger items.

Leto GT8/24/2018, 2:55:25 PM4 votes

Will become better once résistance will be buffed dw. The slow in curve has a purpose.

Fury Reaver8/24/2018, 9:22:30 PM4 votes

Black Cleaver is so useless. Riot completly ignores the item for some reason. But keeps buffing Adc, support, tank and mage items.

Moody P8/24/2018, 5:54:19 PM3 votes

Black Cleaver can't be better as a solo item and also have armor shred for your whole team.

Bonipherus8/24/2018, 7:59:04 PM3 votes

Theyre rushing tri because WE ARE IN A BURST META

Sasogwa8/24/2018, 8:55:24 PM3 votes

It's actually healthier to keep it the way it is. Else it gets abused

Death by Glamour8/24/2018, 2:53:02 PM2 votes

I would still love too know why its actually needed when darius and garen have %pen in there kit and the other such as poppy or the hentai bitch have %hp damage

dunder kill8/24/2018, 8:05:58 PM2 votes

MissFortune Lucian ruined it for everyone

VoraciousX8/24/2018, 9:00:47 PM2 votes

Honestly when they first made that change I did pretty okay on Riven with a item 3067 first item. I had enough base damage to survive and enough early defense to be able to survive trades pretty well. It's also cheaper than a item 3133, so you get CDR earlier. Not as much damage but the survivability made up for it.

Salamencę8/24/2018, 10:47:45 PM2 votes

How can you say one of the most consistently viable items for 30+ champs for the majority of league's lifetime is trash? That makes no sense lmao, it has always been a solid item and still is.

Vlada Cut8/25/2018, 3:59:39 PM2 votes

No. Garen used Triforce for the puposes of burszing oeople down with his Q rather than shredding them.

PopcornBunni8/25/2018, 12:01:28 AM1 votes

Be thankful you get an item that's 100% gold efficient even before its broken passives.

Tanks have all the issues of building black cleaver and don't even get nearly as powerful an item spike out of it.

ned the kled8/25/2018, 1:58:27 AM1 votes

i agree, if it wasn't for the cdr i woulda skipped it for a youmuus into titanic as Kled. as its more efficient

Modl Ryden l8/25/2018, 4:32:02 PM1 votes

No one's gonna mention small girl big sword?

Riven

GodlyBane8/24/2018, 11:30:32 PM1 votes

its shit item bc of lucian and darius causing it to be nerfed so much >.>