So..... Has Riot remembered why they reworked Essence Reaver yet?

Illabethe··2 votes·1,401 views

Just inquiring minds want to know.....

It's not like Essence Reaver is:

-A Crit item with 60 AD, 20% CDR -In a meta where people gain sustain from Runes, not items -Is primarily used by No Mana champs like Tryndamere Riven more than it is on the adcs it was meant for

And..... even the Mana Bruisers are building it now, in a meta where they have a Keystone that gives +AD, runes that give AD, and itemization gives about 100 more AD than it used to.

I'm seeing 500-650 AD champs every game now. Don't see the AD ratios getting nerfed though.

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Frosted Tips1 votes

Are you sure you are not a few patches too late? Riven does not build it anymore since they reworked it into kinda old ER and into Spear of Shojin.

Illabethe1 votes

https://lolalytics.com/ranked/worldwide/platinum/plus/champion/Tryndamere/

On Tryn it's #1 win rate item.

Riven is deferring to Spear of Shojin, but is buying it later if she hasn't closed out the game yet.

And I have seen Rivens building it purely for the crit%. It's interchangeable with some of her other items for CDR capping.

Frosted Tips1 votes

I don't really care about Tryndamere because he is in desperate need of a rework, but Riven does not build it and if you have faced it the Riven was trolling or was so far ahead it didnt matter what she purchased. It is mediocre at best on her. Why would you ever pick it over any of her core items.

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