Why does Berserker's Greaves have no passive effects?

5000000000000000·Feb 10, 2017·3 votes·540 views

All the T2 boots have very powerful passive effects, but Berserker's Greaves only give stats. Why?

10 Comments

DynikusFeb 10, 20172 votes

because the stats it gives are good. item 3117 item 3020 just give stats as well.

5000000000000000Feb 10, 20171 votes

I guess Boots of Mobility technically only gives you MS, but the way it's implemented is very powerful (although situationally). Likewise, Sorcerer's Shoes technically only gives you Magic penetration, but the way Mpen is implemented makes the boots very powerful, as the one of only two options for flat magic pen items.

Compare that to Berserker's Greaves, which gives 3 daggers' worth of attack speed. Not bad, but it's not like it's a stat that can't be easily acquired.

SnowFallFeb 10, 20171 votes

Stats from it aren't good, item 1001 item 3086 are better at any time of the game

The Lost MarblesFeb 10, 20171 votes

The only effect that would even make sense on it would be the old Fervor enchantment's effect, and we REALLY don't need that being an innate function of Greaves.

5000000000000000Feb 10, 20171 votes

Why not? I'm curious as to why you think that. It sounds interesting, and not particularly unhealthy.

MrHaZeYoFeb 10, 20171 votes

I mean Sorc Pen boots don't they just give magic pen. Mobis just give that one effect really.

Irelia BotFeb 10, 20171 votes

They could make it a 20% BASE attack speed increase. That would make them different in that it makes all other bought attack speed 20% more effective.

5000000000000000Feb 10, 20171 votes

That sounds interesting. It'd be optimal on champions who buy a lot of attack speed, compared to low attack speed ADCs (like Jhin, Draven, and maybe lethality ADCs).

At the same time, the time when ADCs buy T2 boots make it not that great when they get it, but rather much later in the game. I'm not sure if this is good or bad.

Irelia BotFeb 10, 20171 votes

This is jsut a option If you are trying to make it functionally unique and different form other attack speed

Critmaster GarenFeb 10, 20171 votes

3 daggers is a lot of stats worth in gold.

item 3006 and item 3111 are both 1100 gold

3 item 1042 + item 1001 are 1200 worth gold.

item 1033 + item 1001 are 750 worth gold.

youre paying a lot for the extra effect on the merc treads. if you wanted to add something similar to zerkers, the attack speed would have to be nerfed to 12%, which would make the boots not feel very impactful.

not to mention, the champions who pick up attack speed boots in the first place only value raw offensive stats anyways.