Why is Spear of Shojin still in the game?

Śhunpo··62 votes·18,615 views

Seriously, I'm sick of this item. If I wanted to play URF mode I'd just play URF mo-....oh wait, Riot still hasn't made that gamemode permanent :/

Still, URF mode cooldowns deserves to stay in URF mode, I've played with, as and against far too many Jax Rengar Renekton Riven Lucian to know that Shojin is beyond stupid, even if it isn't picked up 100% of the time.

This item never deserved to be let loose onto Summoner's Rift, it needs to be vaulted.

92 Comments

HateDaddy9 votes

Okay, I’m with you - SoS in its current version is not healthy. But this is not an item that Lucian or Rengar build. It would be absolutely terrible on them. It’s really abused by 3 champions, and it’s arguable whether riven really abuses it because she already has absurdly low cooldowns through BC/DD. There’s no reason to make up non-sense to attempt to strengthen your argument - most people agree Shojin needs to be removed or changed drastically.

As for suggestions for a change: I would propose something along the lines where you can only choose one ability that can have its cooldown reduced, not applying to every single non-ult spell.

Atmosphere2 votes

Lucian does build it, it just isn't a core item. It's more so for if you're snowballing

Sewer Side5 votes

I’d love to see where you got this from then.

Because based on personal experience, crit Lucian is the snowball build currently and lolanalytics doesn’t recognize Shojin Lucian like...anywhere.

Shojin on an ADC is a good way to throw your lead.

LordGeovanni1 votes

On an adc no. on an adc like lucian yeah. adcs that could use spear optimally: Ashe Draven Kaisa Jhin Kalista Kayle MissFortune Quinn Sivir Vayne Xayah Tristana

Scottsc201 votes

None of these can use spear remotely correctly, much less optimally.

Śhunpo2 votes

Vayne You were saying?

Scottsc201 votes

No, she can't either. That's not even a viable item in her build. What Vaynes are you playing with?

Śhunpo2 votes

But she CAN use it, and she uses it quite well. Your point?

I run it as a luxury item.

While, yes, it's not a META item, it's most certainly effective on Vayne if you're ahead.

Sewer Side2 votes

You could go AP Lich Bane if you are far ahead enough, hun.

Nobody cares when you’re fed as shit. It’s not a staple or even an edge abuse case on all those champs you’ve listed

Śhunpo1 votes

That's an exaggeration case.

HateDaddy7 votes

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Lucian does build it, it just isn't a core item. It's more so for if you're snowballing

Check any site, and you won’t find Lucian or Rengar building the item. And it’s inefficient on them because they simply benefit from flat CDR, especially rengar. Lucian kind of has a built-in SOS.

crippler384 votes

Wouldn't Lucian have to start his ult then cancel it to even use Shojin?

HateDaddy3 votes

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Wouldn't Lucian have to start his ult then cancel it to even use Shojin?

I’d assume so

Śhunpo1 votes

Rengar top does build it, and Lucian can build it. Oh, and Vayne too, forgot her.

Literal IRL Tree2 votes

Please never build SOS on Rengar! Its fucking horrid

Śhunpo1 votes

Why does Dekar and other (usually Korean) Rengar top players build it?

Literal IRL Tree2 votes

bad players

Śhunpo1 votes

Man, he's so bad that he's currently in GM/Chall. I guess we're both better than he is xd.

Literal IRL Tree2 votes

how the hell did I get upvoted xD god the boards is great

Scottsc209 votes

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This item never deserved to be let loose onto Summoner's Rift, it needs to be vaulted.

LMAO. Please do not pretend to know better than Riot if you use Fortnite terminology regarding League.

Sand Ähläm6 votes

Vaulted is used in multpile other games as well, one of them being Warframe for example. I'm more suspicious about you first having Fortnite in mind than I am about him using the word vaulted...

mark60283 votes

Never heard of vaulted tbh.

Iceboxed is a term you heard everywhere in gaming but vaulted?

Must be a gen Z thing or something.

I PT I6 votes

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LMAO. Please do not pretend to know better than Riot if you use Fortnite terminology regarding League.

Warframe did it first smh

Śhunpo1 votes

Fortnite isn't the only game to use that term though...Also, kinda hard since I edit for a Fortnite youtuber, I have to listen to it allllllll daaaayyyy.

ProfDrDeath8 votes

Because Riot doesn't do meta-changing item additions/removals this late in the season.

Spear is already stated to receive work during preseason.

Śhunpo26 votes

Riot is honestly the most incompetent company ever :P

Not The Truck2 votes

yet here you are spending time on their game, and more so on the message boards. there's other gaming companies you could support.

Śhunpo2 votes

Except there really aren't, they're all pretty stingy at this point.

Not The Truck1 votes

then by YOUR rationale, you're supporting the one you like the most? Still trying to understand why you're complaining. They give you free skins, let you play the game for free, and here you are complaining about how YOU spend YOUR time. No one is making you play this game. Don't like it, don't play it. Either you enjoy it, and keep playing, or you don't and move on. They are NOT obligated to bend to everyone's complaint. They are legitimately making the best game they feel they can.

Śhunpo1 votes

These are all poor arguments which are easily refutable.

Barkley3 votes

Imagine if a food company decided a certain point in the year where they did all their QA and health/safety checks.

And if people were getting sick from salmonella and e. coli, they were just like "We're not changing anything until the end of the season."

Not The Truck6 votes

imagine there's no health and safety risk to the general public from a gaming company.

Ninjas Flossing7 votes

item 3161 and item 3042 both need to be removed. items that drastically improve the power of less champions than you have fingers on one hand and make them much much harder to balance right need to go. these two items in particular do so much that if you dont build them on certain champs they are substantially worse off for it. items should be a "do i want this or this for this circumstance" not "well i guess im getting muramana on ezreal again cause there is no other item as good for him as this" or a similar sentiment for renekton and SoS. or for the 5 or so other champs that can actually make use of these items etc

Yordle Xayah6 votes

Still, URF mode cooldowns deserves to stay in URF mode

Ezreal item 3025

Śhunpo1 votes

Oh yeah, Iceborn exists...that item also has to go.

Yordle Xayah5 votes

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Oh yeah, Iceborn exists...that item also has to go.

It can stay. Just should be made Melee-Only.

EATARI1 votes

but ma Soraka top

LordGeovanni1 votes

Why make their case for them.

GodlyBane6 votes

Why is protobelt and zhonyas still in the game?

GilxeN1 votes

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Why is protobelt and zhonyas still in the game?

Because these items are actually balanced.

GodlyBane2 votes

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Because these items are actually balanced.

haHAA good joke buddy

GilxeN1 votes

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haHAA good joke buddy

Your argument is clearly a joke, so whats your point?

GodlyBane1 votes

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Your argument is clearly a joke, so whats your point?

Not a joke when everyone disagrees with your point that a 2.5 second invincibility, the only invincibility in the entire fucking game, with good armor, cdr, and ap piled ontop of it is bad. How do you call that bad. Oh yeah its also only 2900 gold. 2000 + 900 gold. For: Invincibility, armor, cdr, GOOD AP, not to mention the building items to it. Seekers is so good. 45 armor for 1100 gold but it also gives you 45 ap. if you did the calculation of seekers, the value it gives is stupid. Also stopwatch? Yeah no thats broken too.

Now we can talk about protobelt :D 2500 gold for a mobility, high burst, high hp, cdr, good AP item that can clear waves very well actually. Ok so your gonna call that balanced. The cheapest offensive item that also grants defense and cdr, and mobility and burst. This is why AP is just stupid. Seriously.

Who Fed Ru5 votes

because they added it to the game and didn't remove it again

Not The Truck3 votes

get this man an upvote!

RyzeRework4 votes

lol imagine complaining about spear item 2419 item 3157

Śhunpo2 votes

Those are different topics in their own right, as well as lethality (item 3147) and item 3813 and item 3155 . I could legitimately make a post about each one of those as they're all bs.

Literal IRL Tree2 votes

Loool Spear Rengar YIKES

ShyImagoghnar2 votes

who fuckin knows man

i refuse to play my best champion just because of it and conq Jax

Literal IRL Tree2 votes

He was even better with fervor

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