High Sustain, High Mobility, High Damage

queen cosgrove·8/1/2019, 6:15:47 PM·2 votes·1,360 views

Recently, I've come to notice that certain "broken" champions possess a trifecta of high damage, high sustain, and high mobility.

As a model, let's look at Master Yi.

Master Yi's Q and R provide him with insane amounts of mobility, with his R giving him boosted movement speed and immunity to slows, while his Q makes him completely invulnerable, unavoidable, and undetectable. This is his high mobility.

Yi's high sustain is provided by his W, which allows him to heal--in the middle of battle, mind you--a decent amount of health, all while protected by a shield. This, paired with life steal items, ocean drakes, etc. etc. make him very difficult to deal with. This is his high sustain.

Yi's high damage is rooted in his personal kit. His passive and his E both lend themselves to buffing up Yi's attack damage. These elements paired with attack speed boosting that comes from his R allow him to deal incredible amounts of damage. In addition to this, his Q's damage scales along with his attack damage stat. This is his high damage.

Other champions that might fall under this "trifecta" umbrella would be Tryndamere, Warwick (though, to a lesser extent), Jax, and Olaf.

What are y'all's opinions on champions like this?

6 Comments

Baron Barian8/1/2019, 6:39:20 PM2 votes

Olaf has no mobility. And late game, he's just a super minion with a skin.

WoonStruck8/1/2019, 6:21:19 PM1 votes

Jax has absolutely no form of sustain.

Just saying. He doesn't fit in with the other champions you included.

Ragnaveil8/1/2019, 6:28:50 PM1 votes

damage sustain is the issue, not natural sustain. If natural sustain was too high, Aatrox would be permabanned. When I mean natural sustain, im talking about sustain in a champ's kit. Damage sustain is stuff like Ravenous, Taste of Blood, Death's Dance, Gunblade, etc.