How do you itemize against true damage champs?

SwiftKitten88··1 votes·366 views

certain champ i find very hard to itemize against

for exampleGangplank passive does true damage, and his barrels ignore 40% armor, and his ulti does true damage if upgraded

sure i can stack HP or try to build full damage just to try to kill him faster. bu the issue still reamains.. im just not sure how to build vs him

other champs like Darius also ignore a lot of armor and his ulti also does try damage, but at least for him i can kite with slowing effects its champs like Gangplank MasterYi Olaf

so far the only thing i can really think of is hp stacking / slow as ap: item 3116 for hp and slow and damage item 3157 for passive and and damage (and armor because most true damage is from AD champs and it helps vs thier other abilties) item 3040 for active shield or full damage route

As bruiser item 3022 to help kite and HP item 3143 for HP and armor item 3053 for hp and shield item 3083 for hp.. or full damage

and I'm not sure if item 3812 passive will make the true damage bleed or if item 3046 will reduce the true damage

does ne1 have any other ideas of good items i can build to help counter true damage i haven't really though of yet?

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You itemize for kite and sustain against Gangplank. You don't brawl him because he will most likely win every 1v1 and most trades, especially once he has his ult up.

There are some champions you just don't duel in the laning phase, and GP is one of those. You survive him.

item 2033 item 3009 item 2009 item 3083 item 3074

Items like these are your friends.

I can only speak for Gangplank and Olaf. I seldom ever see Yi top so I don't know what he's like there this season.

SwiftKitten881 votes

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You itemize for kite and sustain against Gangplank. You don't brawl him because he will most likely win every 1v1 and most trades, especially once he has his ult up.

There are some champions you just don't duel in the laning phase, and GP is one of those. You survive him.

item 2033 item 3009 item 2009 item 3083 item 3074

Items like these are your friends.

I can only speak for Gangplank and Olaf. I seldom ever see Yi top so I don't know what he's like there this season.

its not really the early game i am really worried about, i seldom play top anymore as i only really had 2 top laners (Nidalee andDarius ) and since nid cant top lane anymore and darius is frequently banned i don't really que as top lane.

so this is more of they "got fed" and i an mid, jungle or support. and would like to have a better change for fighting them.

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