Effects of New Tank Item Rework

DurpDur·4/11/2017, 1:32:57 AM·3 votes·3,276 views
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First let's get this out of the way, Yasuo will receive an indirect buff due to item 3143 and item 3026 changes. However, Because of item 3143's cost, his early power spike when he get's his item 3046 won't be as scary. But regardless, expect yasuo-nerf threads to fill the Gameplay section. (Honestly the mods might as well move them to Memes and Games.)

Crit champions will also enjoy their late game power spikes more than ever from the removal of crit-reduction as a stat.


Anti-Tank Items item 3035 items and item 3135 will be more cost efficient and crucial in a damage build than ever since the last 2 years. The reduction of health and increase of resistance will also reduce item 3153, item 1416, and item 3151's effectiveness. (Percentage health damage's value will be lowered from the reduction of max health, and the value will then be reduced even more by the increased resistance.)


True damage Flat True damage from Chogath, item 3715summoner 11, summoner 14, Camille, and Velkoz will be slightly buffed.


AD Stuff item 3748 damage down from max health reduction.

item 3134 items efficiency down.

item 3075 damage up from total armor increase.

item 3026 will work wonders on squishies overall, but MR has to be gained from another source.

item 3814, item 3156, and to some degree item 3091 will be more valued on ADCs.

item 3123's price was increased, so trying to itemize it early against healing tanks is now even harder, also item 3074 users.


AP Stuff Cassiopeia, Swain, Brand, Syndra damage will be reduced due to the new "Adaptive Helm." Since item 3151's damage is also down, they will be hit quite a bit. (Now at 20% reduction for passive, but the Base MR was reduced to 55)

Squishies who didn't have scaling MR will now do, so mid game they will be more durable to magic damage. But because of the MR removal on item 3026 , ADCs who didn't specially itemize MR will be popped easier. (When the patch is first released, it's reasonable to assume players will not itemize any MR at all.)

Early pen such as item 3020 and item 3136 will be nerfed slightly.

item 3102 is arguably one of the best defensive items on mages, as it's stats swapped with item 3001.

item 3001 auras are now more like to be attached to tanks, theoretically mages will have a easier time team fighting.


Tank Stuff

Cassiopeia will no longer melt you as fast.

item 3075 damage up.

Maokai, Nautilus, Zac, and Galio will do more damage mid-late game to ADCs if they only have item 3026 as a defensive item. (Refer to AP Stuff for more detail.)

Poppy and Galio will be even more durable mid game then before due to passive bonus resistance. (Wake me up inside)

Tanks now have 4 true MR choices to itemize. item 3065, item 3102, item 3111, and the new "Adaptive Helm."

item 3068 damage to champions WAY down.

Clearing a minion wave won't cuck your item 3083 passive completely. (It's reduced to a 2 second cooldown if it's minion aggro.)

Health Regen should be a bit more noticeable late game.

item 3026 will no longer a priority item late game as much.

10 Comments

Geshultz4/11/2017, 1:48:25 AM2 votes

Don't forget the also nerfed Black clever and last whisper's armor penetration, and other stuff on pbe today!

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2017/04/410-pbe-update.html

Edge of Daybreak4/11/2017, 2:20:10 AM1 votes

The tank metas gonna hit hard with them being able to counter all mages instead of just burst mages and ad items not being as strong in addition to flat out buffs. But like every class rework the class they just reworked is gonna be busted for a bit.

Iota Theta4/11/2017, 2:20:27 AM1 votes

having banshee and abyssal stats swapped but same icons is gonna take some getting used to, at least here on the boards. Howevr, I'm quite excited to be able to get truly tankier with the updated abyssal on Galio