Sylas' Shield Should Not Be Magic-Only

Meme God Shrek·8/23/2019, 3:36:12 AM·2 votes·1,247 views

I understand if Sylas is intended to be a counter to AP champions since his lore is about him stealing magic, but making his shield magic damage only is a bit too much, I think. Especially because Sylas' ultimate allowing him to steal the ultimate of any champion in the game has much more limited use when he's funnelled into being a counter-pick for AP heavy teams.

Rather than be magic damage only, I think the shield health could be a bit lower, say 65/100/135/170/205 +90% AP while blocking all types of damage, and grant him bonus magic resistance for as long as it persists, around 20/25/30/35/40.

5 Comments

iiGazeii8/23/2019, 3:43:36 AM1 votes

Or go the other way, and grant him full magic damage immunity for a short window.

The ability to just facetank Lux's combo would be so sweet.

Schenix8/23/2019, 4:16:49 AM1 votes

Diana gets a full shield, Kassadin is supposed to fulfil the niche of anti-mage hyper carry, and a good Akali is able to beat basically anything just by existing. Corki just is annoying dps into mages and also a team carry. We have mages that counter mages as a class almost, really didn't need yet another one to crowd it.

That they shoehorned him into anti-mage after release through various balance patches, is a little outrageous, and almost purely because of pro play and Masters+, which is already odd considering the new balance philosophy they have stated to be taking for all elos.

Thematically, he should of course be very resistant to magic, but nobody said the magic couldn't convert to just a pure shield of energy or some such, so it's still applicable to the fantasy. Just that he's a problematic champion in the hands of the 1%, so we don't get to use him.

Yet at the same time, giving Sylas an actual shield and also a decent heal makes him very hard to kill in lane, and many people can find that just as frustrating. So it's a crossroads on what to do with him.

See: Ryze, Galio, Yuumi, Kench, Irelia, Akali, Sejuani, Karma, Corki, Azir, & Ornn for details. Although tbf, Akali and Yuumi deserve to be removed at this point.

Hayaishi28/23/2019, 6:59:48 AM1 votes

He already steals ultimates and has a mobility, gap closers and a heal. He doesn't need more advantages.