A quick assessment of the PBE Marksman changes.

Kuroi86·10/31/2015, 11:42:05 PM·2 votes·428 views

So I went and did a little number crunching on the current ADC changes on PBE and what I found was pretty interesting.

While most Marksmen are getting their lvl 1 AD buffed, there seems to be a trade off.

All Marksmen are getting their AD per lvl hit pretty hard. This may not look like much, but it is ending up around 4.61 less AD at lvl 18 than on live with a few outliers.

Caitlyn -8.32 Corki -3.74 Graves -3.1 KogMaw -2.61 MissFortune -37.54 (Ouch)

Meanwhile the general AD contained on items has gone down. item 3508 from 80 AD to 65 item 3153 from 8% health to 6% item 3072 from 80 AD to 75 item 3031 from 80 AD to 65 item 3156 from 60 AD to 55 item 3139 from 80 AD to 75 item 3078 from 30 AD to 25 And the only major AD buff going to item 3142 30 AD to 65

Now obviously there are a few new items to account for, though I think all in all we can expect typical ADC builds to contain slightly less AD than last season. While marksmen are obviously getting a new boatload of utility, their over all damage will drop a fair percentage in return.

What this means for this next season, who knows, I'm certainly interested in seeing how things go.

16 Comments

xJLx MCHammer11/1/2015, 12:08:50 AM2 votes

This is offset by having better penetration, on hit effects, charged strikes, better life steal, and crit changes

Azirious Mistake10/31/2015, 11:44:26 PM1 votes

MF is getting her AD nerfed so hard because riot wants players to use her new passive effectively, it actually does a lot of damage.

Dreadlocks10/31/2015, 11:51:03 PM1 votes

ADC's might have a lil less dmg, but they are a lottttttttttt harder to kill with the right masteries.