Gated Late-game items @riotmeddler

Seraphnite·3/10/2017, 2:03:49 PM·1 votes·536 views

In the recent post about the state of the game you mentioned looking into making items for tanks that are having difficulties staying alive long enough late game against sustained magic damage. What if you made stronger items that were gated behind the player having to first buy 3 to 4 "tank items" first before they would unlock for late-game? That, or buying your fourth or fifth item could unlock a buff to the character's ability to take hits.

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DeathBurst3/10/2017, 2:52:09 PM1 votes

It's likely that's what will happen with the mid-year update, yes. They already have this approach with AP items having AP ratios themselves (so your 4th AP item also makes your first 3 items stronger) and with AD/AS/Crit getting multiplicative scaling from each other.

There's a hint of that with Tank items, such as Armor ratios on Thornmail/Iceborn Gauntlet, but it's not on the defensive part on the item. I expect they'll go further in that direction with the future update.