What If Doran’s Shield Granted a Shield?

Ifneth·Feb 14, 2019·1 votes·1,231 views

Doran’s Shield has a passive that procs after being damaged by an enemy champion. It restores flat health over a short period, in addition to the flat health regeneration built into the item. This effect is balanced, but regeneration is hidden power that cannot be played around, and this kind is good early but falls off late.

What if, instead of this additional regeneration, Doran’s Shield granted a small but scaling shield after your champion had not taken damage for a moderate time? This new passive would become visible to the opponent, improving clarity, and also offer the counterplay of constant poke. It would also let the item scale by protecting against later poke or all-in’s. Here are some numbers.

New Passive: Raised Shield After not taking damage from enemy champions for twelve seconds, gain a shield for 5% Maximum Health.

9 Comments

iiGazeiiFeb 14, 20191 votes

Doran's Shield doesn't actually have a cooldown; the timer you see ticking down is the reactive regen that you gain from taking damage. It gives you a bit of flat health regen, plus additional regen whenever you take damage that scales with missing health.

It'd be interesting if with your idea, they made it an orange shield, which we currently only see in Camille's passive. It would block physical damage only, making it good for fighting against another marksman or an AD burst assassin, but wouldn't be as effective against everybody.

IfnethFeb 14, 20191 votes

Ahhh, let me correct that, then. We need it to counter magic damage, or else Teemo would become top tier.

7thHeavenFeb 14, 20191 votes

Wait for shield
Trade damage
Wait for shield
Trade damage
Profit ?

IfnethFeb 14, 20191 votes

Pretty much. However, you get the shield only by avoiding damage, which counters the shield if applied constantly. Remember also that Doran’s Shield’s current passive offers this gameplay: