The item changes are the first time I've ever actually felt sad at a Riot change.

hashinshin·10/29/2015, 6:11:09 AM·69 votes·12,826 views

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Not because of balance. Not because of blatant ADC favortism shown again...

But rather just the fact they took BC and Trinity, and tried to force them in to ADC builds. They took the few items that bruisers actually still had and try actually build damage with, and pushed them to ADCs.

I just don't understand it. Riot is giving ADCs some of the most grossly OP items the game has ever seen, and in addition to that they try to take away the items that melee champions use and mold them in to ADC items? You look at trinity and go "Well Jax, Irelia, Hecarim, etc. REALLY enjoy low damage on-hit builds with attack speed... but... I mean Corki wants CDR and crit chance..." You look at BC and you go "well BC is a very efficient item for melee champions with high base damage... but... ADCs don't want as much health, and they want more damage..."

Does my enjoyment of the game really matter so fucking little to Riot at this stage? Has the push for #LCSBIGPLAYS and ADCs running around murdering everything in team fights really outpaced my fun? You can't just make them new items, but you also have to give them away my items too?

What's worse is pushing crit chance so heavily on trinity just means that of the 3-4 auto attacks I get on a ranged champion I'll have so much of my item's power shoved in to pure RNG. The 10% crit chance used to take so little of the item's budget, but now you're taking away it's AP, you're taking away AD, you're taking away attack speed, and you're boosting CDR and crit? How many rat's asses do you think I give about CDR and crit on Jax? And when I play Olaf how many rat's axes do you think I give about 25 more damage? That lower price point and 100 more HP is what mattered. Who gives a fuck about 25 more damage? Same for Darius.

It's like someone kicked me out of my own house to throw ADCs another birthday party.

112 Comments

Akali is SO HOT10/29/2015, 7:18:45 AM20 votes

"We know ADCs have been mandatory since the beginning of the game so we are super buffing them and making them even more mandatory"

AHeroNamedHawke10/29/2015, 7:06:20 AM18 votes

I can't wait to try and teamfight as Darius with 100 less hp and no Tabi because I had to spend 500g on 15 AD

Pryotra10/29/2015, 7:01:53 AM13 votes

Seriously? the two items you build phage, an actually decent mid tier item for bruisers, into get made with Ranged ADC's in mind? Just wow...

Athenes Lulu10/29/2015, 6:14:48 AM12 votes

Don't forget that a handful of AD assassins benefit greatly from both bruiser and ADC items.

Cenobite Azaziel10/29/2015, 12:26:01 PM11 votes

I was expecting crit removal for this pre season. Oh boy, how I was mistaken. Now it is Oprah Critic. Every single item has critic. I'm pretty happy that the health potions don't have it... yet.

Malicious Metal10/29/2015, 6:56:57 AM9 votes

Yeah... The reason they absolutely gutted Morde's Base AS and MS was due to testers building tri force.

And now they're making it wayy too gimmicky to even consider buying on Morde AT ALL.

These tri force and BC changes shouldn't go through. Heck, these two were the go to Bruiser items. Besides ADc's get a lot of new items and build paths, no point warping preexistent items to fit the bill

KING OF MASKS10/29/2015, 8:07:20 PM8 votes

Isn't Trinity Force supposed to be a trinity of stats? I mean, it's called that because it has a little bit of everything across the board.

Might as well call it Duo Force now.

Only Play Darius10/29/2015, 7:48:30 PM6 votes

As a Nasus main, seeing these Triforce changes pisses me off.

C9 Scott Free 10/29/2015, 6:15:11 AM3 votes

I see your point on Tri force being made into an ADC item but I am a bit confused what you mean by that for Black Cleaver Hash