Wait. Did Riot actually fix something that was broken before it became live?

EkyonKun·5/9/2018, 9:48:36 PM·49 votes·16,148 views

5/9 PBE Update: More Tentative Balance Changes

"UNIQUE Passive - Storm's Edge: If you haven't attacked for 2 seconds, your next basic attack deals +50 damage (increased by your attack speed). UNIQUE Passive: When you apply Storm's Edge or critically strike, gain 8% attack speed for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times."

So, not only does this lower the burst substantially, but it also encourages repeated auto attacks so that only auto attack based champs really have the option of buying it. Cough .

I have to say...I'm kind of impressed. I just assumed they'd release it as busted as it was and "wait for data" for a month or two, then give it -5 AD. I'm not gonna lie, this kinda gives me a little bit of hope.

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Wild Geese5/9/2018, 10:25:32 PM15 votes

IE still has a Yasuo passive, so no.

And now Stormrazer looks like it will only be good as a 6th item in a crit build, if at all. It looks like an over expensive mess 3400 gold for 50 damage! Why bother adding it?

Slice n Dice em5/10/2018, 1:36:26 AM10 votes

Lewl I just viewed the vote result 'I will wait for the live patch'. I guess most us really believe the incompetence of balance team. Sorry if it's harsh but it surely seems like the truth.

4permas 1smurf5/9/2018, 10:07:25 PM9 votes

so they made it an adc item because they didnt already have enough fundamentally broken items to kill everyone with auto's and nothing else? cool. They surely waking up They just made the item worth less on champions that should use it but made it better so adcs get more shit to play with.

Critmaster Garen5/9/2018, 10:08:40 PM4 votes

next up. i.e. pls.

it needs a more conventional dps increase. give it something like the old fervor of battle instead of the true damage conversion.

Caidicus5/10/2018, 3:40:19 AM4 votes

That... Is actually a nice change.

Before the only two champions I could see take this are Jhin Quinn Now its for anyone that autoattacks alot(Because it scales with attack speed) , needs frontload damage or has a crit in their kit.

But Im going to be holding my breath on this because uh... item 3031 Yasuo Tryndamere

Teridax685/10/2018, 10:55:09 AM3 votes

It's a step forward from the previous iteration, but I still really dislike the item. At the end of the day, it still provides some measure of front-loaded damage, which isn't great, but on top of that its purpose has now completely changed: the item was intended to be a pick for AD stackers who didn't really want to purchase crit chance, as part of Riot's stated goals of wanting to make non-crit builds more viable, but now it's just another crit-synergistic item that will also add more burst to the game. Marksmen who pick this and Statikk Shiv are going to be dealing even more damage on their first hit than before, and the class will still largely be forced to go for crit builds.

To be clear, I don't think the original was an item worth saving either. Rather, I think the idea of making crit less of a mandatory stat on marksmen is a good one, and I would've liked to see itemization paths that allowed for some other option besides pure crit or pure on-hit. As it stands, though, we're getting just one more crit-related stat stick added to the game, alongside an update that looks increasingly less likely to nerf marksmen as hard as it needs to.

Summonah123695/10/2018, 8:52:41 AM1 votes

Is it just me or are most ''unique'' passives not really unique because most of them just buff certain basic attacks?