Maybe instead of giving Olaf and Trundle buffs to their skills, you fix their base armor

FalconPawwwwnch·May 18, 2015·2 votes·215 views

They have lower base armor at level 18 than most ranged carries lol

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ZombeezyJeezyMay 18, 20151 votes

It forces them to build armor instead of innately being tanky.

IcyPepperMay 18, 20151 votes

Champions designed to be tanks or bruisers tend to have lower defensive base stats, and higher base attack stats. Champions designed for damage tend to have it reversed because of what they're intended to build.

Or at least that's what I heard. Makes a little bit of sense, especially when you consider runes and masteries that make up the difference already.

FalconPawwwwnchMay 18, 20151 votes

Maokai has 97 base armor Irelia has 89 Hecarim has 95 Shyvana has free armor/mr from passive and she has 85

IcyPepperMay 19, 20151 votes

shrugs

Honestly, I got nothing. I just heard this and tried to make sense out of it. Looking at the lol wiki page of Trundle, he could definitely use a little more base stats. Maybe it has to do with his magic resist per level, which Maokai doesn't have. Not too sure on Irelia and Hecarim, those seem a tad shady now you point it out.

To be fair, Shyvana has lower hp and health regen (by a small amount) than Trundle does, and Trundle already has sustain in his passive, just like she gets armor/mr from her passive with already slightly higher armor. She has more innate defense, and Trundle has more sustain.

I think the reason for his slightly lower defense is due to his ultimate. He might have less base armor than the rest, but that's going to change when he ults.