Finally

pyke and ryze nerf

Good

So glad about this change.

It was supposed to be the tank keystone and there was nothing wrong with it, they created other keystones for specific target audiences as well, like conqueror. But somehow they came up with the idea that they have to open up this keystone to everyone by giving it AD and AP ratios....

They have to nerf Rammus accordingly, tho, he can abuse these bonus resistances quite well and has not really room for buffs right now.

holy shit, this is a massive buff for tanks.

just to put this into perspective. a midgame around lvl 13 with just and conditioning gains about a 130 armor and 145 mr on aftershock instead of about 100.

full build at lvl 18, it would be around 200 armor and 180 mr instead of 120 on both. can vary up or down, depending if he buys and how many enemies are nearby in that case.

either way, its a pretty clear buff for tanks like him.

Nice. That takes it off the people abusing it like Liss and leaves tanks alone!

Now they need to do something with Conqueror.

The tank keystone that grants armor scaling off of tank stats? It's almost like we've been asking for exactly this since Runes Reforged. Better late than never.

Draven looking for a new keystone yet again. Maybe the pros will switch to Fleet.

We should be vocal here. A step in the right direction

I don't see what changed...? Champions like Lissandra will still get 70 resists the moment she lands any hard CC on anyone, and this starts right when people are walking into lane with 500G worth of items. Did I perhaps miss the part where Lissandra and Sylas chained the 15% AD + 10% AP damage into some oneshot combo?

It's already too late, Lissandra is already non existant.

Good thing this is getting nerfed to be useful on tanky champions instead of making squishy champions tanky for free.

considering it's oppressive in early lane phase for cc supports , this nerf really doesn't do much there...

this shit doesnt do anything early

Actually its a nerf for a part of Aftershock target group.

The change was made to kick champs like Liss out of Aftershock but it also nerfed it for bulky bruisers and Juggernauts who build a lot of health but maybe not so much armor. My Voli for example: Often i build something like -> -> -> on him. Thats only 30 Bonus Armor. So instead of 111 Armor from Aftershock at lvl 15 i only get 85 (70+15) Armor from Aftershock. Same goes for AP Resi. In that build above i only have 25 AP Resi (=12,5 on Aftershock). That means 111 on old aftershock at lvl 15. 82,5 on new Aftershock. And Aftershock is the only Resolve rune Voli can take in jungle....

Some "tanky" Items that suck with new Aftershock:

I would like to see something like: ** [50% of your bonus resist OR 1,5% of your max health]**

So if you have built massive armor in lategame (lets say ) you have 120 bonus armor = 130 (70+60) Armor on Aftershock. But if you didnt build heavy armor but therefore you have 3000 max HP (1,5%=45) you get still 115 (70+45) bonus resists on Aftershock.

I mean... i would LOVE to take another Resolve keystone but sadly there is not much to chose...

OK, I love this change. Should have been a thing since the inception of AS. But why did they add the cap? It's like... they don't want even for a second tanks to be slightly stronger than they intend. They are always adding stupid conditions and whatnot to tanky stuff and they only do it for damage shit after they are already broken.

Love the change though Riot. Gotta say the good things too.