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Ancient Coin line is a goldmine right now

One35·7/26/2017, 10:18:50 PM·8 votes·1,109 views

Currently the best of the 3 Support items IMO, the 40 gold coins are amazing Teammate clears a shoved wave? Walk there and get 200 free gold. Got an Assist? 40 extra gold.

Compared with Spellthief's Edge, which only grants gold when you're sieging or fighting, Ancient Coin grants gold any time a minion dies, which is more or less the entirety of the game. As Janna and Soraka support I've gotten as much gold as my mid-laners by the end of the game with Ancient Coin, and have had a full build at level 17 with 4K+ gold left over (granted I had a really high KP that game). Statistically, Janna and Soraka have seen significant win-rate spikes since 7.13, and Ancient Coin Sona has been winning more than Spellthief Sona.

A bit overtuned? Maybe, but it's been fun.

12 Comments

LostFr0st7/27/2017, 12:17:48 AM2 votes

Yeah, I'm actually really surprised they didn't nerf it this patch.

aZ3R0n7/26/2017, 10:23:54 PM1 votes

Are Korean top laners who play tanks starting with Ancient Coin yet?

MistroTTC7/26/2017, 10:52:15 PM1 votes

The problem is that the 40 gold is given at rank two of the line, it really should be something like 20 30 40, not 25 40 40.

koshkyra7/26/2017, 11:47:33 PM1 votes

I see support luxes and sonas using it despite spellthiefs being great on them.

Its dissapointing.

BALDG1VEN BOOMER7/27/2017, 12:16:11 AM1 votes

Supports we're always gated by gold income which made their items a lot cheaper to compensate, I wouldn't mind having the gold income but that means the prices on items will have to change.

TurquoiseYoshi7/27/2017, 4:39:52 AM1 votes

Yeah, most pro supports are building coin at this point. You just get so much gold that you're hampering yourself by not buying it, no matter what the other ones might give you in terms of stats or actives.