I'm enjoying the Marksman Overhaul

Akando·6/5/2018, 7:38:28 AM·2 votes·927 views

I know I'm in the minority on the forums, given most people come to the forums to complain and the lane that's complaining this patch is Bot.

However, I think it's important to express how liberating this change is for everyone who plays elsewhere on the map. ADC's have always had this incredibly late game dominance. But a lot of times, by 2nd item the ADC was already unparalleled. Assassins could land a cheeky kill, but even that wasn't guaranteed (which is strange because you'd think assassins should have a much stronger mid-game power level).

Now that item 3031 build's off of other items like item 3089 does for mages, there's a huge delay in how quick (crit) Marksmen become dominant. This feels much more natural.

I have no problems with allowing Marksmen to be the only serious damage source during endgame, but I will say I prefer this style of letting other roles become carries. It's dope to see that people can do well and carry out a lead without it becoming a "whichever bot lane did better wins" scenario that happens all too much in lower elos.

With the nerfs to the shield meta announced today, and this marksmen overhaul I'm really excited for a healthier league that gives a little more **impact **to every other lane.

Now all we need is some more Graves and XinZhao nerfs. :)

2 Comments

Boreto6/5/2018, 9:53:15 AM1 votes

the big deal here is that crit adc's powerspike got massively delayed now u gotta have item 3086 item item 3031 + item 3095 + item 3508 (for some adc's) to be relevant and average game time is like 25 mins adc's hit powerspike around 30 - 35 mins and above. too bad other classes abuse the items that are supposed to be for adc's (pointing at u Renekton + item 3508 )