A very strong item combo that not many people seem to know about

TheOvermind··1 votes·1,140 views

Am I the only one who builds item 3078 +item 3053 on champions like Darius or Nasus or Gangplank ?

You know Triforce sheen Base AD ratio is 200%. This is a ratio that you cannot make use of by yourself, because there is no way to increase your Base AD by buying items. Base AD is something that is just how it is and predetermined by the game. ( depends on the champion's scaling base AD per level) So no matter how much bonus AD you get on your GP your sheen proc extra damage will always be around ~260 ish bonus damage that also cannot crit.

Guess what , Steraks Gage increases your base AD by a percentage. SO combining these 2 items is crucial and give you insane sheen procs.

Darius lv18 normal sheen proc is about 282. With steraks it goes all the way up to 353. This is huge. A darius with his Passive on and a crit W gets to do like 2000 ( close to that ) damage from one auto it's insane. Triforce is not very popular on Darius but if you find yourself splipushing and having trouble dueling those pesky Fioras or Trundles. The atk speed + 20% crit and insane sheen proc on his W might give you that edge . ( steraks is a pretty good item on Darius anyway) If you are teamfighting might as well go the normal cleaver into full tank build.

Nasus adds 300 free damage on his Q by gettings those items ( and if that crits... oh mama mia) ( also note that he heals even more from that ) So please stop going iceborn gauntlet on nasus ( only 100% base AD ratio on sheen proc) and stop pushing your lane with the icy zone of that dumb item.

I don't think I need to explain what bonus sheen proc damage on GP Q and most importantly Barrels does...

Heck this could even work on Shaco for insane Q assasination damage on Yasuo who gets steraks on his build most of the times after completing 100% crit. Irelia and Jax classic triforce users.

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Edge of Daybreak2 votes

O.o To the lab!

TheOvermind1 votes

lel

dangopee2 votes

It was a lot better in season 5 before they turnned Triforce into an ADC item and nerfed stearaks thanks to ADCs abusing it.

Carnarius2 votes

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Nasus adds 300 free damage on his Q by gettings those items ( and if that crits... oh mama mia) ( also note that he heals even more from that ) So please stop going iceborn gauntlet on nasus ( only 100% base AD ratio on sheen proc) and stop pushing your lane with the icy zone of that dumb item.

triforce is pretty trash for nasus atm my friend (and there are many reasons), will get a lot better next patch though

Ravenous Howls1 votes

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triforce is pretty trash for nasus atm my friend (and there are many reasons), will get a lot better next patch though

Interested in what you think of TF now with it's rework. Nasus still feels a bit under powered to me even with new TF. Not sure if it is better or worse than going for IBG but the difference in dmg is almost 12k without TF from my testing.

Carnarius2 votes

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Interested in what you think of TF now with it's rework. Nasus still feels a bit under powered to me even with new TF. Not sure if it is better or worse than going for IBG but the difference in dmg is almost 12k without TF from my testing.

triforce is still not the best choice, as it still has its biggest problem - high cost and no defence. it delays your power spike and leaves you squishy, that's why it's hardly viable. so my go to build is iceborn, sv and glory, cheap and powerful combo that makes you a beast relatively fast

TheThundersRoar1 votes

It's effective, but I feel it would be really expensive for what you'd be going for.

Triforce is a good independent offensive item, with high base damage in the mid-game that eventually falls off. But it's a very expensive item and by the time you have it you need to start rushing big resist + HP items to catch up to your tanking requirement. I feel by the time you have both items, you'd be a bit too squishy to survive but not have enough scaling damage to kill.

Then again, I'm just theorycrafting. It might work well.

Leopards Ghost1 votes

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Sneakyy XD1 votes

TF is terrible on Nasus when Frozen Fist exists.

Also, his Q does not crit and neither does any damage from Sheen effects or other on-hit effects.

BloodyTompon1 votes

And a further 25% base AD when the shield activates too (or is it below 30%hp?)

Ravenous Howls1 votes

That was my conclusion as well. I rarely feel more powerful with TF over IBG. My typical build is IBG, SV, Mercs and then ZZ Rot. Haven't tried Righteous Glory yet.

Unfortunately I still feel Nasus is too weak compared to so many other champs due to the horrid defenses in the Resolve tree and the inclusion of so much true damage and % health damage. If your team is even slightly behind it is almost impossible for Nasus to have an impact in the later stages of the game.

Anyways, sorry for the rant and thanks for the response. Nasus mains are few and far between but we are nothing if not persistent.

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