Aram issues / thornmail OP

KronicTehNinja··1 votes·713 views

I'm sure i'm not the only one who is sick of this issue with aram games and something needs to be done about this. When arams were first created it didn't take long for riot to decide that warmogs and guardian angel were just way to good. Now the OP item is thornmail and with no bloodthirster on this map as an ad/right click champ you just can't build enough lifesteal and still have enough attack speed to be relevant in team fights. I know i'm no pro player but as someone who loves to play ad based champs i believe it's an unfair item to have on this map. So to Riot i propose that you please take a look at this problem and consider putting bloodthirster bot on this map or removing thornmail or possibly creating a new item like thornmail but not quite as strong by itself as the thornmail.

P.S. sorry i'm not an english major so this is probably horribly typed Q.Q

P.S.S. please no hate in the comments, if you don't like arams just move on :D

2 Comments

Sooko2 votes

Just don't focus the tanks or go for that filthy Last Whisper BOTRK combo that lets you melt them like cheese. Master Yi is quite a pain to deal with in ARAM already, with all the uncoordination and such things. Let us keep him away from us for a little bit at least. (Plus AA reliant champions aren't even weak right now)

redniwediS1 votes

item 3181 Sanguine Blade is your friend if you're a ranged AD champion. It gives way less AD than Bloodthrister, and at it's maximum effectiveness it is also weaker on the life steal side, but there is one very important thing it has going for it.

It's cheap.

It actually costs 175g more than Thornmail, and as such it can often make for a better first item than IE on ARAM if you are on an all AD team. Just remember that ARAM isn't always about doing damage and getting kills, sometimes it's best to weaken your enemy until they would rather let you push than start a fight they can't win.

If you're a melee AD I'd suggest building tanky, unless you're good with the champ. Doesn't matter who you ended up with, if you don't think you can outclass a bunch of thornmails and your team isn't full tank just build to be beefy.

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