Seeker's Armguard stacks should count toward cost of Zhonya's

Count Buffon·Dec 17, 2014·1 votes·607 views

See title. IMO, it would be more satisfying if the Armguard stacks were permanent somehow. My idea is to subtract the gold value of the stacks from the upgrade cost. This might require a base price increase for Zhonya's, though. It wouldn't be that good for players who just buy the large rod first mid-game, but it's mildly unsatisfying to build stacks that go away on upgrade.

I included a poll. The poll option character limit is absurdly low, but I hope that makes sense.

8 Comments

Epilogue of LifeDec 17, 20141 votes

Remove Zhonya from game, it's mildly unsatisfying to be AD and watch AP champions have this random ass Lissandra ult thing every 90 seconds....

Count BuffonDec 17, 20144 votes

ADs get to lifesteal half a lifebar as they stroll past wolves... not that that's necessarily a good thing, either.

Epilogue of LifeDec 17, 20141 votes

But that doesn't save them the way a rushed Zhonya's does when the enemy team devotes to killing you.

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 17, 20142 votes

I'll gladly take away this AP item if my magic damage can crit.

Count BuffonDec 17, 20141 votes

If they wanted to, they could normalize all autos to do the expected value's worth of damage. i.e., 30% crit chance would mean you get 30% of a crit bonus on each hit.

This wouldn't fix the issue where ADs get to outscale APs because reasons, though. At this point, the game balance has been iterated around the premise like 8000 times and it's here to stay. Tanks beat mages beat ADs beat tanks...

Epilogue of LifeDec 17, 20141 votes

Your one combo is about 85% of the enemy's healthbar, while ADCs have to wait for about 3-4 items to really become a potential threat.

SexyTaylorSwiftDec 18, 20141 votes

Or, don't get combo'd. If it was such an advantage for AP over ADC, you wouldn't see an ADC is every single game.

Epilogue of LifeDec 18, 20141 votes

ADC is supposed to be a dominant late game damage source, while AP casters can be self-sustaining, getting out there for kills and plays relatively early on. There's a reason why ADCs have a support. Their early game is just that bad.