Stop the stopwatches!

bleed it out··53 votes·2,377 views

Seriously, end this ridiculous stopwatch meta...

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PhantomGG11 votes

Stop watch is 600 Boots is 300

By taking the insperation tree 2nd you are guaranteed to save 900 Gold. 900 Gold, that means just for clicking a rune you started the game with 900 gold on your opponent while they have to struggle to build items.

Hochelaga24 votes

If we want to dig in a little bit deeper .... :

Stop Watch is worth 600 gold when you get it at 6 MINUTES

Boots can be obtained at maximum 10 minutes and you get it 30 second earlier for every kills and assists, but is it worth 300 gold?

It gives you an extra 10 movespeed. if you do some quick math, 1 movespeed cost about 12 gold. So those boots are worth about 420 gold

Also, upgrades are 50 gold cheaper, which brings the value of boots to 470 gold.

Some people get stopwatch only for the 1 time use stasis and then sells it back. Boots are pretty much required by every champions and you'll be mostly keeping

wildfox996 votes

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It gives you an extra 10 movespeed. if you do some quick math, 1 movespeed cost about 12 gold. So those boots are worth about 420 gold

Also, upgrades are 50 gold cheaper, which brings the value of boots to 470 gold.

nice point,in fact they already nerfed it on PBE

DeathBot6663 votes

Technically stopwatch rune is only 300 since a commencing stopwatch has an increased combine cost.

Seenan1 votes

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Stop watch is 600 Boots is 300

By taking the insperation tree 2nd you are guaranteed to save 900 Gold. 900 Gold, that means just for clicking a rune you started the game with 900 gold on your opponent while they have to struggle to build items.

Not even sure why you were downvoted, since you're mostly correct.

PhantomGG2 votes

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Not even sure why you were downvoted, since you're mostly correct.

Personally I think it's because players who are abusing it don't want to admit how over powered the rune actually is.

Hong Kong Annie1 votes

Or it's because he's wrong and stop watch from the rune only counts as 300 gold towards the items.

AR URF1 votes

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Stop watch is 600 Boots is 300

By taking the insperation tree 2nd you are guaranteed to save 900 Gold. 900 Gold, that means just for clicking a rune you started the game with 900 gold on your opponent while they have to struggle to build items.

Actually 950 gold because the magical footbitch makes tier 2 boots 50 gold cheaper.

TresArboles10 votes

Make a broken stopwatch worth 0 gold. now using stasis has a real consequence...

Decrit3 votes

At that point the whole concept of consumable items that softens the build p for permanent use items gets totally out of the window. The item is good as it is.

Disulfiram2 votes

It doesn't have to apply to the normal stopwatch.

The commencing stopwatch could morph into a broken commencing stopwatch that is worth less (or even 0) gold... this would weaken the rune without affecting the normal stopwatch.

(I don't think the rune needs to be nerfed btw, but if needed this particular change could nerf the rune without altering the buyable item)

Decrit1 votes

didn't they nerf already the gold cost of stopwatch by runes on pbe?

Dewott6107 votes
Seenan3 votes

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Just gonna leave this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Y_oCnKDv_n4

This is just terrible.

Mig891 votes

Oh my god that would have drove me nuts.

xelaker5 votes

they should make it available at level 10 like boots

wildfox991 votes

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they should make it available at level 10 like boots

trascendence*

Hochelaga1 votes

I think he meant at 10 minutes and not level

Colgate Gator3 votes

Who's watching the stopwatches?

IvernBramblefoot2 votes

they are moving stopwatch and boots into the same rune tier so you are forced to choose between them, on the pbe. since they are nerfing footwear by 50g i will probably just choose stopwatch.

Disabled Support1 votes

I just hate that it's free.

Skins Project1 votes

Stopwatch the stopwatch tree?

FurriesAreHot1 votes

What if you couldn't upgrade the Stopwatch from Rune into anything else? Since its effectively a single use Zhonya's AND 800 gold.

Hong Kong Annie3 votes

The stopwatch is only worth the gold towards items if you buy it from the shop. The rune only benefits like 300 gold towards the items.

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