RIOT, thankyou for acknowledging AP juggernauts

Chaos Milk Tea·2/8/2018, 7:07:44 PM·3 votes·305 views

I don't know if it was on purpose, but AP juggernauts finally have some good choices for damage items in the new Liandry's and Morello. AD juggernauts have had Black Cleaver and Sterak's gauge for the longest time, but short range tanky AP damage dealers were stuck building ROA only, which is a sustain/defense item for the most part. And of course if you were manaless, you could go eat poro snack. Being able to opt intoseveral AP HP items with different advantages is highly appealing, and makes you feel less like a tank building mage items.

For anyone who hadn't noticed, the old Liandry's torment was a design mess. It might have felt fine to play with, but any designer who took a closer look would throw up a little bit on their mouth and ask RNGesus to forgive them for they had sinned. It had HP for survival, mpen for killing squishies, and a burn that sounded like it was for killing tanks but actually just made DOTs stronger. In the end it was used it was used for all kinds of weird things like a burst item rush(if you even finished the item), a dot amp, or to bolster high base damage. Hardly anyone built it for the HP save Vlad, and that was just kind of a cute bonus for him. Now Liandry's has a clear role as the "damage over time" item for AP champions. With some tweaking to what may be some busted numbers, this item will hold a dear place for many a Swain and Chogath.

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