I'm kinda sad you can't reach full build at the end of Invasion

Ok sure but why·Sep 8, 2017·64 votes·3,724 views

Like, why not? Why not feel the satisfaction of being fed at the end, when you're supposed to fight a big boss? Right now it's just a wee bit bare-bones-y.

42 Comments

NebuulSep 8, 20176 votes

Sure you can! Play Poppy, pick bandit, and run around AA'ing every champ enemy you see!

KoKobotoSep 8, 20175 votes

Personally I've enjoyed it because it gets me thinking on how to optimize knowing that I don't get to buy whatever I want. At least until you figure it out lol.

ExecutionerSep 8, 20172 votes

I thought the same thing.

AFilthyCaitMainSep 8, 20172 votes

item 3153 item 3124 item 3091 Jinx is what i do

PoppystarSep 8, 20175 votes

this is what I like. Took me a while to find a poppy build that has helped me win onslaught.

I like item 3194 item 3109 and either item 3068 or item 3083 c:

HeribaSep 8, 20171 votes

i rush IBG,SV, titanic/ something, not so bad

aspects1Sep 8, 20173 votes

cause adcs are literally unkillabe with 2 supports all at full build

Gear KittySep 8, 20172 votes

It's for balance.

To keep the challenge and threat comparable for all the available Champions, no one class can be so far above or below in what damage they can bring to the park. To keep from having Champions like Jinx and Miss Fortune from being near required to complete the Invasion, they can't dish out damage to an obscene degree more than the supports.

They had to make Invasion doable by a team of Janna/Lulu/Poppy/Lux/Soraka. So they couldn't let there be late game builds, everyone reaches a point at the tail end of mid-game.

LXIISep 8, 20179 votes

Every game I've played the ADs have more than quintupled everyone else's damage...

Supreme Senpai69Sep 8, 20179 votes

I kinda like it honestly. You have the supports who protect the team, the mages who provide CC and burst damage, and then the ADCs who focus the weakened and helpless targets to destroy them. Nice n' simple. Not a huge fan of this system on normal games, but for a PvE gamemode I'm hella behind it.

ThefrostyvikingSep 8, 20171 votes

I´ve played both marksman and mage on that and both times i had 2x the damage of everyone else i played with.

Except once when i was only 40k over nr 2.

I think it's just a matter of skills and luck, probably.

Jerry SeinfeIdSep 8, 20171 votes

i played this mode once so far. I as jinx did 116k damage then lux did 110K which was still more than MF with 85k.

CatastropSep 8, 20171 votes

Then you've got bad APC players. All my games so far have had me on par or only 10-15k off damage the ADC's.

HeribaSep 8, 20171 votes

i think the rush death cap retards that go oom half the stage could be the culprit for this problem, i have a run with a 2 NLR rush soraka, and a couple syndra/lux/ahri just running around useless waiting fo the health packs, was so painfull [zombie-nunu-bummed]

CatastropSep 8, 20171 votes

Good lord that is awful. I'm so glad I fill role so I don't have to meet these people. Jeez, hats off to you for making it through the mode with that.

LXIISep 11, 20171 votes

Mages do alright sometimes, I was mostly responding to their claim that the "ADCs can't dish out an obscene amount more damage than supports".

DeathﬁreSep 8, 20172 votes

3 items is plenty for any champion to have its powerspikes, its really perfectly balanced.

La BelloSep 8, 201734 votes

who cares about balance in a fun gamemode?the is PvE not PvP.

Riot could easily just increase the strength of the monsters and give us enough gold for 6 slots so you can try new builds and not just get the exact same 3 items every run.

oh boy Shiv,IE, BF Sword and Lifesteal scepter on Jinx for the 10th time today PogChamp!

[slayer-jinx-unamused]

SlimeyNickoliSep 8, 201712 votes

Tell that to the creators of level 100 doombots

MelledoneusSep 8, 20173 votes

That gamemode was meant to be hell. There's a difference.

Starcraft243verSep 8, 20171 votes

3 items is late game for marksmen.

Just play a marksman.

SkZ DoPeSep 8, 20176 votes

not really

Starcraft243verSep 8, 20171 votes

You dont read boards a lot, do you ? Everyone is complaining marksmen late game is 3 items.

SkZ DoPeSep 8, 20174 votes

yea i do, but most of the stuff i read on the boards is trash, your comment included

DeathﬁreSep 8, 20175 votes

{quoted}

3 items is late game for marksmen.

Just play a marksman.

lol i did several times... think i won every game i played as a marksman

SkZ DoPeSep 8, 20171 votes

the mode is far from being balanced

hi im aoiSep 8, 20172 votes

You can be full build anytime you want in practice tool. now blow up that helpless bot. pew pew pew :D

IncognonymousSep 8, 20172 votes

Artificial difficulty.

Invasion isn't hard-- it's cheap.

Titanium70Sep 9, 20172 votes

Giving an ADC enough money to reach Full-Build would be a huge problem for rolebalance. 4 ADCs + Soraka/Janna would roflstomp anything at that point, and IF you balance the Boss around dealing with said champs... the boss would roflstomp any other comp. Sure.. a little more gold wouldn't hurt, but this way players have to actively think about their needs intead of randomly buying everything they're used to.

Jeddy017Sep 8, 20171 votes

I too would love to be full build. I just like having all my items & being at max power.

But I can make do with the items I get.

SîlentStormSep 8, 20171 votes

Yesterday i had ez in team with tear ahahahh. he didnt even finish an item. Never buy tear in that game mode.

CatastropSep 8, 20178 votes

The issue with people who buy tear is they don't use the time between rounds to stack. I stacked my tear perfectly fine.

ArbiterOfTruthSep 8, 20171 votes

I think they should increase the gold given between levels. They should also make it so you get to 18 not 16. That really hurts Syndra.

MangelinaJolieSep 8, 20171 votes

Miss Fortune... Max W.

Rush Blade of the Ruined King, Guinsoos, then a Zeal item and something with raw AD like Caulfields.

166k champion damage... you'll feel like you're at full build for that wave because the adds melt and you hit the AS cap so early.

SkiasSep 8, 20171 votes

3-4 items is full build now a days.

WrÆthSep 9, 20171 votes

I'm kind of sad that you can't reach the end of invasion.

R0XTARSep 9, 20171 votes

...Gold. Generation. Runes.

And get something like Spellthief's Edge. It makes a difference if you're at the beginning and your team has the patience to get gold from it.

It Hertz When IPSep 9, 20171 votes

From what I understand gold generated by runes and Spellthief is reset at the end of each wave; basically the only way you get access to them is if the wave fails and you use the gold while preparing to restart the wave.

TacoKingIIISep 9, 20171 votes

It makes you think about your item choices. It's annoying but it makes the gamemode more challenging. Whether you enjoy a challenge or not is up to the person though...

R0XTARSep 9, 20171 votes

If you have people wander around the map for like 10 minutes with only a few monsters left you get to keep the gold and you would get more gold this way than if you just finished each round the normal way.

Granted it takes so much longer, but its guaranteed wins for the missions.

Ok sure but whySep 9, 20172 votes

Makes me wish Riot didn't force us to cheat the system.

R0XTARSep 9, 20171 votes

Well Riot DID say they wanted it to be a challenge...

But this is pathetic that I'm wasting so much time and only won twice and lost over 35 times now. I don't have the time or energy for this crap for a single icon and ward skin.

But if I am gonna waste my time, Idgaf now, I'm gonna win.