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So I stopped building Stormrazor on ADCs...

Aimléss·7/10/2018, 7:49:02 PM·6 votes·4,436 views

And you know what, it feels a little better. I just rush one BF into Shiv item, into IE. Yeah, you're still weak early, probably even weaker than you would at 1 item if you just bought Stormrazor. The difference is it speeds up your IE power spike greatly. With a cheeky brawlers gloves thrown in at the end (Which was buffed to 400 gold btw) You can sit at 80% crit with only 2 items and a brawlers. Even though the 1 item spike is a lot weaker than a Stormrazor rush, the 2 item spike is a lot stronger, at least in terms of dps. In those 20 minute stomps where you need to do something fast before the enemy breaks the nexus turret, getting 80% crit could really help your team out. I even go stormrazor 3rd item sometimes to get that extra burst damage.

Imo, you should just rush crit as fast as possible unless you're playing Jhin, then worry about luxury items like Stormrazor after. If it doesn't give legitimate crit chance it's just a luxury item, same as Bloodthirster or something.

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Mob Piru7/10/2018, 8:12:19 PM3 votes

I think people should start rushing a item 3072 again.

Lotus Bloom7/10/2018, 8:31:41 PM3 votes

I've actually been doing that same on the traditional crit marksmen. Stormrazor gives you a crit on your first hit, but really what does it give you after the first? Just some move speed and AD. You're likely to spend that first shot hitting a tank anyways (assuming the tankier champions are in front, like they should be), so I don't see the point.

Remember how Old Ashe passive was just considered bad? Yeah, Stormrazor is just giving yourself AD and Ashe's old passive. The IE +Zeal spike is the one that allows you to carry the game, and getting to it is way more important, IMO. Save Stormrazor for Draven, or other champions that build big AD items and focus more on positioning themselves to hit a softer target, and then chase them down, or flee backwards before getting dove on.

AFilthyCaitMain7/10/2018, 8:37:52 PM2 votes

I always go item 3095 on Caitlyn. she synergizes too well with it

OmegaNITRO7/11/2018, 4:18:01 PM2 votes

This is what I've been doing too. Stormrazor is a decent 1 item power spike, but it just doesn't scale well with the stats it synergizes with, and 3200 gold behind on a build that already takes too long is just terrible.

Sitting on brawlers glove feels shitty, and knowing that 2nd Zeal item will give 20% wasted gold in crit chance really sucks, but item 3031 with 80% crit for 6900 gold is about as good as it gets right now.

OtterlyLost7/10/2018, 7:50:53 PM1 votes

I have found that rushing a bf into zeal item does feel a little more satisfying. Not hugely so and you're still doing ass for damage as a damage class but it feels less shit than doing good damage on stormrazor for like... laning and then nothing at all.

VoraciousX7/11/2018, 7:10:41 AM1 votes

Honestly Stormrazor shouldn't be a rush item on every marksman anyways. Only champions it synergizes with should be prioritizing it. There are some champions I just don't feel it makes sense on, and this is why I feel like people have been calling ADCs too weak for the most part. I honestly don't even think it synergizes well with Jhin, as at every point in the game his attack speed is higher than stormrazor's lockout, but it's still better for him than most. One thing to note though is that Stormrazor procs on everything hit by Sivir's ricochets, which I didn't know(since I don't play ADCs too much). I just found that out in URF and it's pretty damn satisfying.