I am conflicted about the idea of Penetration...

5G8Nri0B54·Jan 24, 2015·1 votes·380 views

Before, the Penetration rework where Flat is calculated first, non- were nothing more than a novelty. There was a time when was universally agreed to be UP, could hardly assassinate without relying on his pre-nerf W, and...nothing changed about :/

But back then,** Tanks were Tanks**, and it was nice to feel rewarded for sacrificing damage to build tanky.

But NOW, with the new and improved method of Penetration that Riot has introduced, ALL AD Casters not named Urgot are seeing play! But Tanks are no longer Tanky. Building resistances rarely pay off now.

Rito needs to find a way to make the best of both worlds co-exist. They need to find a way to unify the best of the old Penetrations and the best of the new Penetrations because right now it's simply one or the other.

5 Comments

BeersteinJan 24, 20151 votes

Have you considered wearing protection? Frozen Mallets, Rods of Ages, and Crystal Scepters have a lot of hitpoints but if you don't wear protection you could end up regretting it later.

5G8Nri0B54Jan 24, 20151 votes

That's the problem! It's not working anymore after Riot reworked how penetration works!

RebonackJan 24, 20151 votes

This is really easy.

Add a +25% bonus HP item to act as a soft-counter to %Pen
Make BotRK's OnHit damage magic so that it isn't comboing with Whisper to wreck people regardless of what they build. If need be, give BotRK back its OnHit heal. That was a really neat effect and I was sad when it got the axe.

StephenizgodJan 24, 20151 votes

I think they just need to change who builds pen items. ADC's should be the primary champions who build it, next would be Mages, then maybe Fighters depending on the champion. The roles who should not be buying pen items are Assassins and Supports. Supports dont really buy it so no big deal, but Assassins buying it IS a big deal, a huge problem in fact. Buying pen items are suppose to be a counter to defensive items NOT an increase to your ability to melt squishies. Assassins should not be buying pen items, but items like LW offer to much damage potential for them not to be bought by Assassins.

Its a tough time for Tanks right now because everyone and their mother is buying LW or VS and making all there items worth nothing.

Done25Jan 24, 20151 votes

They need to remove flat since it gives people like Zed an overly inflated mid game, and LW needs to be converted into a Hexdrinker-> Maw of Mal type of item so it's harder/more expensive to rush for the Armor Pen% alone.