What if there were tradeoff items?

Joxcab··9 votes·1,151 views

Of course, the benefits would be stronger (800 health for example as compared to standard 500 on tank item) in return for the tradeoff.

Examples:

The Really Bigly Heavy Sharp Slashy Stick Thingy +X AD -Y or -Y% MS AND -Z% distance traveled on any dash or blink champion ability

Size Doesn't Mean Everything… Sorta? -X AD +Y or Y% of either MS, Crit%, Attack Speed, or some combination

What The Diddlyfuck, How Does Armor That Skimpy Even Protect Anything?! +X or X% MS -Y Armor or MR (or both)

That Really Bulky Looking Impractical Suit of Armor Is Actually Following Logic For Once +X Armor or MR or Health (or some combination) +Tenacity or other CC resist/reduction -Y or Y% MS

Hang On, That's Not A Broom! It's That Old Witch's Magical Cursed Sex Toy! -X Health +Y or Y% Magic Penetration (heh.)

What Kind Of A Scoundrel Brings A Gun To A Sword Fight? -% damage from ranged autos +% damage from melee autos Active: Target one ranged user (MINIMUM CAST RANGE: 425 / MAX CAST RANGE: 650). For the next X seconds, they gain Y (health, armor, MR, or some combination), but in return, their autoattack range against you becomes reduced to your autoattack range or 175 (whichever one is lower). Your autoattack range against them only is changed to the same value for those X seconds. ANY OTHER RANGE MODIFYING EFFECTS ARE IGNORED AND THIS CURRENT EFFECT TAKES PRIORITY.

Stuff like that.

7 Comments

NazZomLord2 votes

That would be a really good idea, but some champs could take advantage as they just gain from the positive but nothing from the negatives.

Joxcab1 votes

Examples?

Fondling Gems1 votes

Boosting AD at the cost of AS. Insert Fiora with a good chunk of CDR. She has 2 different low CD AA resets in her kit, and as such wouldn't actually suffer as much from it as other champions. She can even tack on a Rav for another aa reset.

I don't think it would actually be an issue but there are definitely champions that don't suffer as much as other champs from losing core stats.

Joxcab1 votes

Makes sense. I didn't have an item with AD for AS though..

Fondling Gems1 votes

IDK, Just trying to come up with an example. I'm not the one saying it is a bad idea, just playing the devil's advocate and trying to support his point.

Honestly there are champions that use some items better than others. You do on hit effects? Boom, suddenly you are more effective with AS than someone who doesn't. Giving items drawbacks doesn't change that at all.

TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

Reminds me of the old days of Kid Icarus Uprising's online multiplayer. Basically, your weapon that you use has a base power of 100. If you have upgrades, which you will always have, it goes up, to about 350. However, there are a few negative effects that lower the power rating. There's a mode where if you die, you lose more points (not gonna explain the whole mode here) if your weapon has a higher power. So Speed -4 is one of the most popular cheese tactics, where you get a really low power rating, stand still the entire game, and win out overall in 1-for-1 trades.

No, this has nothing to do with your post. I just got reminded of something I really enjoyed.

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