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So why are we giving all mage items CDR?

LegitBacon66··2 votes·378 views

So I just read the PBE patch... can I get some context as to why every item has CDR attached to it? Make mages even more spammy...

4 Comments

Warrior Princess3 votes

Oh please mages have been weak for like 2 seasons now. Sit down.

Whisper873 votes

Morello was an item every mage bought, and it gave 20% CDR.

Morello got gutted and replaced with 3 new items which all build out of Lost Chapter and have only 10% CDR.

The only way to make up that CDR is to build 2 of these new items or to get a defensive one like Banshees/Zhonyas. In both cases you'd be giving up other valuable stats like penetration and AP to get more CDR and some other utility options.

It's Riot's way of deleting a generalist must buy item, and making you choose your build path wisely. The CDR is still there, it just takes a sacrifice to get there. Likewise if you want more AP you'd have to give up CDR since the big AP items don't have CDR and these new Lost Chapter items only have 80 ap.

LegitBacon661 votes

Ahhh that makes sense thnx

Sirsir1 votes

You aren't supposed to build every Lost Chapter item, you are supposed to pick one. Thats why they did the funky 10% CDR, 10% Haste thing on all of them, to discourage stacking.

So now instead of rushing item 3165 every. Single. Game. You have a few different options.

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