Could we buff Iceborn Gauntlet a little?

Noraver··2 votes·770 views

Iceborn was originally designed for tanks, but it doesn't quite fit the spot for them these days. Need mana? Frozen Heart. Need a bit of damage? Sunfire/Thornmail. Need cooldown reduction? Frozen Heart, again. You get the point.

Not only does Trinity proc 200% of your base AD (Rather than Iceborn's mere 125%), could we make it do, oh, let's say.. Your total ARMOR in damage on next hit? Since it's designed for tanks? Rather than Nautilus doing 140~ extra damage with his level 18 base AD, why not have him deal his armor's amount on-hit? If he's got 300, it'll do 300. If it's his first item, he'll barely have over 100 armor. Then, at least it'll scale with him.

Sure, you could say this kind of makes it a niche pick against AD-heavy teams, but as it stands, Iceborn Gauntlet has no niche at all other than Blue Ezreal.

It would be nice to see this item picked up more; Especially those champions that need the extra little slow for ganking/CC.

Thoughts?

5 Comments

excodar1 votes

give it 20% cooldown reduction

disregardable1 votes

Gauntlet is good on literally any bruiser that would build Triforce. Losing against AD? Buy Gauntlet. Winning? Buy Triforce.

4nth0l0gy1 votes

Yeah...as much as I love iceborn on Taric or Nasus in ARAM, I don't ever have reason to build it on SR.

AtheosisX1 votes

Niche item is niche. It's actually quite gold efficient and does not need any buffs.

Duke Anax1 votes

Iceborn is not a Tank item. As you said yourself the Heart is the Tank item, IG is for Bruisers and it fits really well for that role.

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