Is stacking Rod of Ages a good thing to do?

one boosted bird·Jan 10, 2016·1 votes·7,188 views

I had amazing success a couple times today where I stacked multiple Rod of Ages. Every game though, a couple people were saying I was an idiot for having multiple RoAs. After 3 RoA, Seraphs and Deathcap w/ blue buff I was sitting on 1032 AP, 3k HP and 4K mana. How is that bad? I am really tanky, and if I die, my egg is tanky. Any high elo players have any thoughts? Ofcourse its not a build you could every game, but when I get ahead, it just seems to amplify my lead.

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AezanthyaJan 10, 20161 votes

I love doing that but : boots + 3 roa + seraph = 5 items slots. You lose so much flexibility. Zhonya ? Voidstaff ? Rabadon ? Lyandri ? etc

Fanny ForecastJan 10, 20161 votes

TBH, when you're this far ahead, skip the Zhos (unless youre specifically countering someone, like Zed), grab a Void and cuz you're Anivia, Liandry's. Void is only gonna be good if they build against you, which if they have half a brain, they will build at least 1 MR item (QSS, Hexdrinker, Spirit, etc.)

ABlueQuakerJan 10, 20161 votes

It's not necessarily a bad thing to do, but it's not exactly optimal either.

ZephyrDrakeJan 10, 20161 votes

not every game is going to last 40+ mins for this build to even start being good. RoA needs 10 mins for it to finish stacking and if you want to get ahead you don't build something that requires time, a Deathcap, Lyandri's, Zhonya's would be so much better in so many more scenarios it's not even funny

Dark NephthysJan 10, 20161 votes

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not every game is going to last 40+ mins for this build to even start being good. RoA needs 10 mins for it to finish stacking and if you want to get ahead you don't build something that requires time, a Deathcap, Lyandri's, Zhonya's would be so much better in so many more scenarios it's not even funny

While that's true but at the same time RoA's base stats even before it starts stacking is actually very good and worth the gold price. Hell a Rod of Ages that stacks up to 5 minutes gives the same HP and AP as item 3116

ZephyrDrakeJan 10, 20161 votes

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While that's true but at the same time RoA's base stats even before it starts stacking is actually very good and worth the gold price. Hell a Rod of Ages that stacks up to 5 minutes gives the same HP and AP as

same HP and AP no passive... you are not going to get away by stacking RoAs in any way against anyone that is semi-competent unless you are that fed that you could build ANYTHING and still win. Stacking RoAs does nothing for you but DELAY your advantages that you could have pushed further with other items. A ton of HP does nothing for you if you have no resistances to back it up, sure you won't get one-shotted but you will still die pretty fast anyways and you could get a ton of AP a lot sooner by getting some other item instead of waiting for enough gold to upgrade your blasting wand

FantasySniperJan 10, 20161 votes

It takes forever. It takes a lot of gold and a lot of time to stack.
It makes you predictable. If you don't get stuff like mag.pen. or Zhonya's, it makes you easier to counter.

Otherwise you should be good. If you get ahead enough to do it, it works.

one boosted birdJan 10, 20162 votes

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It takes forever. It takes a lot of gold and a lot of time to stack.

It makes you predictable. If you don't get stuff like mag.pen. or Zhonya's, it makes you easier to counter.

Otherwise you should be good. If you get ahead enough to do it, it works.

yeah, i was very much ahead in every game i had done this in. it just kinda steamrolled as i kept my lead. eventually i could go in 1v4, get my stun, bait out some damage with seraph shield, kite long enough for the rest of my team to show up and then just win the fights. i guess tanky isnt the right word even with all the hp/shield/egg. but you sure as hell can survive long enough for 2 rotations which, at that point is easily enough to kill 1-2 people no problem. like i said i wouldnt do it every game, but even a couple on my team thought it was stupid.

I thought it was hilarious. lol

Sona PingJan 10, 20161 votes

You're not dumb; they're dumb. It's just knee-jerk reactionism, calling someone stupid because they did something that didn't follow one of their "rules" of what you are supposed to do, in this case not having duplicate items (Even though the unique passive issue is not an issue for RoA). Like you said, you had 1032 AP and were getting take-downs while outnumbered without falling yourself; there's no game where that isn't a good thing.

Yes, before anyone mentions it, you don't have the benefits of other items that weren't gotten and everything like that, but you already know that Thanatoasted.

The Bearded BardJan 10, 20161 votes

Ehh, game's gonna have to go on for a long time for those passives to actually ramp up, but yeah, the stats are crazy strong.

Sneakyy XDJan 10, 20161 votes

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I had amazing success a couple times today where I stacked multiple Rod of Ages. Every game though, a couple people were saying I was an idiot for having multiple RoAs. After 3 RoA, Seraphs and Deathcap w/ blue buff I was sitting on 1032 AP, 3k HP and 4K mana. How is that bad? I am really tanky, and if I die, my egg is tanky. Any high elo players have any thoughts? Ofcourse its not a build you could every game, but when I get ahead, it just seems to amplify my lead.

It's certainly not as bad as it used to be, but it's still not good. Focusing on one stat (in this case one stat for offense and one for defense) is worse than spreading items across multiple stats.