Devourer

Moosimo·7/9/2015, 3:21:15 PM·13 votes·1,798 views

Okay, so, don't get me wrong when I say that something that breaks down the current tank meta is awesome, however, I feel as though the new sated devourer may be going a bit too far..

Based off of videos on youtube, it looks like this is going to be the feral flare, or worse. I'm really hoping Riot just remembers how bad it was with Godyr and Yi running around and destroying everything in sight.

I just ask Rito to please be careful with this, the item is amazing in concept, but is it too op?

I'm not sure if it's going to be weakened a bit before it's brought out of the PBE, but if it isn't.. sweet jesus Rito Irelia will be the least of your problems.

22 Comments

Arkensth7/9/2015, 3:27:47 PM5 votes

It really seems too strong. League of smite now: Cinderhulk toplane, Runeglaive mid, Devourer adc.

Jungle Lux God7/9/2015, 5:07:27 PM4 votes

I'm personally not convinced that Sated Devourer is as strong as people think.

You still need to farm enough gold to buy it, then you need to take another 10-15 minutes in order to Sate it, and it's bad until you Sate your Devourer.

And what are you getting out of the Sated Devourer? 50% attack speed, an average of 90 magic damage on-hit, and the ability to proc on-hit effects twice.

I tried it out earlier, and I'm still not convinced that it's good. For AD junglers, you could get Warrior and get a bigger power spike upon completion and get more damage later on because 90 magic damage on hit isn't that great when you could get the same thing, if not better damage, in physical damage after Last Whisper, especially after the Warrior buffs that are on PBE go live. For tank junglers, Cinderhulk still provides a much stronger late game, and might even give a bigger early game power spike upon completion than Devourer does. I still just don't think that it justifies purchase when there are other items that are good on the same kinds of champions as Devourer.

I respect that some people think that Sated Devourer is really strong, but I'm not seeing how it's good.

junglerboy167/9/2015, 10:39:34 PM2 votes

Right now Sated devourer isn't a toxic item in any way. It encourages farm junglers appropriately, it isn't very worthwhile on laners, and (a rather crucial change for this item to ever be successful and balanceable) it helps power farm junglers know when to stop power farming (i.e. hitting the transform stack count). it is also tailored to the type of champions who should be using it anyway and doesn't break the game the way Feral flare did (it doesn't apply as an on-hit, so things like Warwick ult aren't instantly broken by it). Right now, the only problems it has are in terms of the numbers being too strong, and the easiest and healthiest way to nerf it without instantly making it trash would be:

Reducing the base damage back to 25 and making it take 35 stacks to transform (same finished item, just takes more time and isn't as potent right off the bat)
Increasing the number of AAs required for the double on-hit to proc (probably changing it from 2 to 3 would be enough)
nerfing the % AS the item gives to 40% from 50%.

If Riot added 1 or 2 of those changes (but not all three) then Sated Devourer would be pretty close to balanced.

Marinaras Trench7/9/2015, 8:48:01 PM2 votes

Vayne jungle is hilarious now, 2 hits to activate silver bullets

Abyssphere7/9/2015, 10:27:13 PM2 votes

I had a Yi go 1/5 today and after he finished Sated Devourer he destroyed the whole game, ended up carrying hard. That alone gave me an iffy view of the item.

Guy Fox Teemo7/9/2015, 7:57:26 PM1 votes

The item only becomes good once you reach 30 stacks, every other jungle enchantment instantly gives you a power spike, so this items kinda meh. Unless your teams able to secure early dragons (LIke at 5mins and 15mins in the game) it'll probably still be very weak except maybe on shyv , yi and udyr. But even then its still meh.

PiVoRx7/9/2015, 3:36:53 PM1 votes

Its not that strong as it was in PBE videos, without bork or hydra its useless, but one thing i agree, its better on laners than junglers themselfs..

FatesDefiler7/9/2015, 9:25:18 PM1 votes

fuck you and your religion.

chide da jungler7/9/2015, 9:37:02 PM1 votes

Played a bunch of games with yi today and I was not getting it until ~22-25 minutes. Most solo que games are decided by that point.

trash item that isn't gonig to bring back farm-junglers at all.

Solidair37/9/2015, 9:53:44 PM1 votes

I saw a vayne get this earlier. A lane vayne.

She lost.

CIockw0rk7/9/2015, 10:24:47 PM1 votes

What is bad about the item its how toxic the game becomes. You will have boring farming jungle meta. It is just discusting. Why not having Yi in jungle, Nasus top Veigar mid Ezreal+Janna bot. Make it the most boring team comp ever seen.

What i like from the tank Meta in the jungle at least, it's team having a tank in the comp. Kind of forcing them. Since people still run Carry top like always, we have now a boring jungle farm both side... my god Possible interaction on the scruddle?

Well, it is really changing the whole SoloQ meta for sure. Assassins will now be effective, and AOE cc/dmg will be stronger than ever. Welcome back Kennen!

Arsames7/9/2015, 3:41:02 PM1 votes

Nah, takes way too long to activate, Feral Flare was better.

WutsKraken7/9/2015, 7:53:07 PM1 votes

People are really forgetting the fact it needs time to charge up otherwise it's really meh