Anyone else thinks Rylai's crystal scepter should be removed?

TyroneWatermelon··3 votes·2,360 views

I don't understand how this item is supposed to be balanced. Rylai is one of the highest ap items in the game,while providing health and utility,any mage can buy it and make a use of it. I thought Items with Unique passives with 1 focus in mind are suppose to be low gold efficient without the passive for example Duskblade,but Rylai's is 101.3% gold efficient, without its passive,which can be applied with any damaging ability in the game. its counterpart,Frozen mallet,is only limited to autoattacks,and almost only bought on melee champions,who rely on short autoattacks,and that have 1 design purpose: stick to slippery targets,meanwhile Rylai is just there as an extra perma slow. If your mage doesnt have a slow,it must be FOR A REASON. sure a little extra kiting wont hurt,but some champions are taking it WAY TOO FAR: Brand Cassiopeia Zyra Azir Singed Viktor Malzahar Heimerdinger ESPECIALLY when bought along with item 3151 tldr=I believe this item in its current state has no place in league and should be removed/nerfed or even reworked

18 Comments

warpenguin5554 votes

Actually Frozen Mallet should be removed, Rylias should be nerfed. Rylias slows can be dodged in some cases whereas Frozen Mallet is a permaslow because you cannot dodge auto attacks unless you're Shen or Jax. Frozen Mallet is more toxic then Rylias, just less common of an Item

TyroneWatermelon1 votes

item 3070 MasterYi Gnar Shyvana item 3070 but Frozen mallet is just autoattacks,and the only champs who get this are melee and Gnar,while Rylai's is abilities and permaslow. how would AD champs have a counterpart

DrCyanide2 votes

"Just auto attacks"? It's undodgeable permaslowing! It lasts 1.5 seconds, so even the slowest of auto attackers can chain it. The only reason it's not picked up more often is it has been relegated to a crappy tank item.

Handy Sandy 2 votes

How else would slow, immobile mages kite like Karthus or Velkoz

TyroneWatermelon1 votes

sure,its a nice concept but alot of mages are taking it WAY too far for literally permaslow,and this isnt good as far as i know. anyway each mage got their basic defenses,i never get Rylai on vel'koz and i have no problem

Ralanr2 votes

No. Just lower the AP and buff the health.

78750242DEL12 votes

If item 3116 will be removed, the item 3022 should be removed too, but the item's state is fine.

Mecha MaIphite2 votes

Why? Just lower the stats it gives.

TyroneWatermelon1 votes

possible option. an item designed specifically for utility shouldn't be gold efficient without even the utility

MissMikasa1 votes

If Riot removes Rylai's, I petition to ask for Duskblade to be removed. That piece of shit item is being abused by champions it wasn't made for.

Honestly, a big reason so many are using Rylai's is cause Riot botched the AP itemization twice over already.

TyroneWatermelon1 votes

Riot's autistic balance team doesnt want to "restrict" items,but to create "diversity" and "off meta" builds. that why they dont want o make item 3147 item 3142 item 3053 item 3025 melee only

MissMikasa1 votes

Ugh I know. Duskblade was made for underperforming assassins like Kha and Talon. Look up the patch notes, they said it. Now look at how many are abusing it for it's power- Zed, for one, he gets an extra ult damage pop because of it which really pisses me off. ADCs are building it. I've even seen a Riven build it for pete's sake.

It needs to be changed to melee only or removed from the game.

TyroneWatermelon2 votes

"but muh diversity"

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

Duskblade they have actually stated could be made melee. When they released it in fact.

The rest of those items would be stupid to restrict

Meep Man1 votes

I think if we just increased the cost of Rylai's to 3100 gold (300 gold cost increase), it would be fine.

DrCyanide11 votes

... it currently costs 3200 gold...

redfeenix4 votes

Good job Rito, thanks for implementing Marverk's suggestion so quickly

BeatzBoyFTW1 votes

Yes, let's just make Mordekaiser even more shittier thanks to your damn idea....

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