Blade of the Ruined King is a problematic item

YumaS2Astral··2 votes·517 views

I may be wrong because this may be just a coincidence, but have you realized that most champions that are arguably considered "broken" now are champions to which one of the core items is item 3153?

I am referring to champions like MasterYi Shyvana and most other Devourer junglers; they are not broken by themselves but Devourer made them too powerful. Many champions that used to be considered broken also have BotRK as one of their core items; examples include Fizz Zed Kalista Twitch KogMaw Warwick Yasuo - Most of those champions were nerfed.

Vayne deserves a special mention because she is one of the most controversial champions as of now and her core item is Blade of the Ruined King. She already has a lot of tank busting and dueling potential without that item and this item just makes her unduelable.

This may just be a coincidence but don't you think that one of the reasons why those champions are powerful, maybe it's their synergy with this item? Seriously, Blade of the Ruined King was meant to be an anti-tank item but it is just too good in general. It offers consistent power that allows most champions to be better duelists. The enemy team does not have to have good tanks, as the current health passive works well regardless of how much health they have. The active also allows a champion to chase other champions better. A proof of that is Blade of the Ruined King being a core item to just about any champion based on on-hit effects.

One of the reasons why Devourer is considered broken is due to its synergy with Blade of the Ruined King, allowing a champion to do 16% of a champion's current health in damage with just one attack. This is very stupid, especially in the hands of champions like Master Yi and Shyvana, which already have abilities that allow them to double on-hit effecs, also they have pretty good on-hit effects of their own.

Maybe it's time for Riot to consider looking at this item? Nerfing it, or reworking it, or replacing item with another AD item that would be more balanced but would still allow for AD champions to deal with tanks.

3 Comments

LoLKiru2 votes

"She already has a lot of tank busting and dueling potential without that item and this item just makes her unduelable."

Just pointing out, once any duelist has their core items; you PROBABLY shouldn't be trying to duel them. Its like trying to 1v1 Malzahar and then wondering why he obliterates you without taking a single hit. Its beyond me why anyone would try to 1v1 someone made to excel at 1v1s (unless you happen to be another duelist).

OT: I think BoRK is fine by itself, Devourer is a problematic item only because it doubles onhit procs, allowing people (especially those with high AS) to shred you VERY very quickly, faster than Vayne could ever hope to do. BoRK by itself can have its damaged reduce significantly by building armor and AS slowing items / skills / summoners.

Most of the champions who used bork that were nerfed, weren't nerfed because bork made them too good, they were nerfed for other reasons (Zed for his ridiculous safety in deleting targets, Warwick for being broken as hell with skirmishers sabre, Fizz because AD Fizz was the most absurd thing ever, etc)

SnugglePuggle941 votes

They are working on updating AD items just like the AP they did last patch. Hopefully BotRK will be one of them.

Elkington1 votes

I honestly think the game would be better off without Botrk.

Vayne didn't need it before it was introduced. She doesn't need it now. It just lets her hit critical mass far earlier than she deserves.

No one needs it ADCs don't need it. Bruisers don't need it. Tanks certainly wouldn't mind it being gone. The only ones that suffer are assassins, but they shouldn't be easily killing tanks and bruisers to begin with.

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