Relic Shield and Spellthief's Edge

Totally Not Jinx·2/9/2018, 3:50:28 PM·1 votes·985 views

I don't have concrete statistics to back this up, but I've been noticing in games that Relic Shield and Spellthief's Edge both lag behind Ancient Coin in therms of gold accumulation and speed.

It usually takes me over 10 minutes to get wards from Frostfang or Targon's Brace, even when poking all charges or proc-ing Spoils of War as soon as they're up, and upgrading them immediately at 375 or 350 respectively. Ancient Coin, when recalling as soon as I have 350 gold, completes the gold quest in under 8 minutes, sometimes even sooner.

I'm ordinarily not one to complain, but I do feel like Spellthief's could benefit from 4 or 5 charges to begin with, and Relic starting with 3. This at least balances gold income to the needs each item accommodates, and allows for more equal footing in therms of completing the Gold Quest.

5 Comments

Oleandervine2/9/2018, 4:37:33 PM2 votes

I hate the new Sightstone quests. They're utter, delayed bullshit. I've been in numerous instances where I wanted vision on my first back... but no, I haven't completed that quest yet, so it's back to relying on yellow wards until it manifests. I wish they'd revert all of these support item changes, sooner than later. Because let's face it, they've pretty much overhauled the gold items every single season now for the past 3 seasons.

DuskDaUmbreon2/9/2018, 5:38:55 PM2 votes

If Relic shield is lagging behind, that's likely because of poor usage of it. They're likely wasting charges on caster minions, or not grabbing cannon minions. This could be because of their own ADC being stupid, or it could be because they're stupid, and using it wrong.

If Spellthief's is lagging behind, that's likely intentional, as it has other benefits above and beyond Coin. More AP=more damage, the proccing requires more damage (and deals bonus damage), and is generally just more offensive. Spellthief's users are generally able to force Coin and Shield users off of their income, as well, so it should balance out.

CloudedLogic2/9/2018, 4:12:16 PM1 votes

I tend to use spell thief's, and relic shield rather than ancient coin, but isn't coin semi-random in what drops and when?

I tend to only use relic when I am in a duo though so I always get the cannon minion; that being said I don't actually track when I have access to my wards. So I might do that next time I can play some games of league.