AP BC: Yay or nay?

Sharkmanx101x·8/15/2016, 3:03:21 PM·1 votes·674 views

With item 3116 coming under fire for being too powerful an item due to the raw stats it gives and how its passive interacts with abilities, would implementing a AP version ofitem 3071 be a good way of diversifying builds and make Rylai's less overpowering in the current meta? The stats could be like this:

+200 hp +40 ap 20% cd reduction Dealing magic damage shreds the target for 5% of their mr (stacks 6 times) Dealing magic damage grants 20 movement speed. Killing a unit with an ability grants 60 movement speed

This would make a second item for those who want to stick to their target, but not have to be forced to buy Rylais all the time.

The biggest con I can see to this item being implement is the many mobile ap champs that would take advantage of this item. Akali Ekko Fizz Ahri being the biggest offenders if this item come to fruition. That would mean they would have to be nerfed to make up for the amount of mobility this item would give. That or balancing around such an item would only cause more issues, and it would be better to just stick with Rylais as the go to item for mages to stick to their targets.

4 Comments

Critmaster Garen8/15/2016, 3:04:57 PM2 votes

why do you want an ap black cleaver when you have item 3135 ?

it already grants 35% total magic penetration up front. also, the amount of stackable armor pen is already too much. we dont need to add something like this into the mix.

i dont even see the connection between rylais and magic pen anyways. rylais is a problem right now because a lot of champions are creating permaslows with it. and its stats are so good, that you can build it easily on almost all ap champions now without sacrificing raw offense/defense for the extra utility. after the the change to its mechanics and the swifties nerfs, the effect is simply too strong. when multiple champions on the enemy team are building rylais and the game is overloaded with slows, it completely shuts down certain champions.

heck, after they added more ap scalings to her kit, i started building it on shyvana for aoe permanslows. people have 0 chance of getting away from you or moving around in a fight when youre slowing everything in the area.

Zane Zephyr8/15/2016, 9:22:34 PM1 votes

This would literally make Brand Malzahar Cassiopeia and Swain unstoppable, and especially Malzahar because he can throw his E in a minion wave and get an almost permaghost and his E/ulti would delete ANYONE (and this is coming from a malzahar main)

Absolutely not a good idea

Also what would make you think people would pick that over rylais and not just get both instead?