Boots of Swiftness Balancing

Silent Cal·May 22, 2015·1 votes·730 views

Just a neglected item. Riot can you do something to these that make it differ from mobility/mercury because they're pretty terrible right now.

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4 Comments

LarasoMay 22, 20151 votes

I disagree. They're pretty good, especially when you're up against champs with really strong slows like Ashe Braum Velkoz DrMundo Tryndamere

Silent CalMay 22, 20151 votes

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I disagree. They're pretty good, especially when you're up against champs with really strong slows like

I don't know. There's a reason no one buys them. There may be an as he on their team, but what about the 50/0 annie you need merc treads for. Unless you're against a team with ashe/braum bot gel mid munro jg and trynd top, it doesn't work very well.

Only Play DariusMay 22, 20151 votes

Poppy

NoobLearninGameMay 22, 20151 votes

Well they're cheaper than Mercury's early by 200g for my Shaco, they give a significant slow reduction, they increase my MS a lot, if I get the Dragon buff speed boost (and later x2 from 5 Dragons) and maybe Baron Ally speed buff, and have on Alacrity with my Swiftness boots, and use my Crit/Armor Pen/Hydra/IE build that includes 2 items that boost my MS by a total of 11%, and my Masteries that include the 1.5% MS boost, I hit around 500 MS with Shaco at all times.

As you can imagine, closing the gap with a slightly exposed APC/ADC is very easy for me, and only harder types of CC stop me for long. Plus I'm doing insane 250% crit Damage (with the 1st hit being 100% chance to crit after exiting Q stealth) with 30% Armor Pen./basically True Damage for 1/3rd of it, and 75% Crit Chance, with very high Attack Speed, and some LS from the Hydra.

Overall I'm pretty happy with this item, but I don't mind a slight buff of some kind. Some items aren't as strong on some champions though.