i have a feeling, glacial augment is going to get nerfed after worlds

Critmaster Garen·Sep 28, 2018·5 votes·2,962 views

the glacial augment build is probably one of the most cancerous ive ever seen, and its right up the alley of pro players who tend to value high utility builds. wouldnt be surprised if they abuse the hell out of this during worlds.

hopefully riot will just hit the slow % for ranged champions again instead of nerfing it for melee too.

i guess this is also a death sentence to darius at worlds, which means hes unlikely to get picked despite the buffs, since this build makes him and juggers in general 100% useless.

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EbonyBladeJ88Sep 28, 20181 votes

If that proves true, then we can expect all the followers to do the same.

"Pros did it at Worlds, so it's a viable and fair strategy!"

Sure feels like Juggernauts are the game's punching bag sometimes.

Critmaster GarenSep 28, 20181 votes

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If that proves true, then we can expect all the followers to do the same.

"Pros did it at Worlds, so it's a viable and fair strategy!"

Sure feels like Juggernauts are the game's punching bag sometimes.

i mean its a bunch of pros who started it, and you start seeing it pop up in solo que.

so yea, its kinda going to be rylais meta all over again, when that item was busted. i really hope it doesnt show up.

EbonyBladeJ88Sep 28, 20181 votes

"Oh, you have item 3742 ? And a item 3800 ? Too bad. You'll still be moving at the speed of hip-replacement patients."

Hoping not, but if trends go the way they have in the past... [slayer-jinx-unamused]

Critmaster GarenSep 28, 20181 votes

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"Oh, you have ? And a ? Too bad. You'll still be moving at the speed of hip-replacement patients."

Hoping not, but if trends go the way they have in the past... [slayer-jinx-unamused]

you can do a little bit with swifties and unflinching.

but dependent on how it stacks, youre still going to sit slowed in these fields for an entire fight.

M00ndanc3Sep 28, 20181 votes

I've been doing this build on karma and veigar ever since it Glacial Augment came out. Its a good bit of fun since it makes engaging on you very hard especially if you run ingenious hunter secondary and also buy stuff like banshee and zhonya. It makes you very hard to to kill and for champs like veigar it does little to lower your damage as long as you get a rabadons. I can see it getting nerfed but I really hope it doesn't

Critmaster GarenSep 28, 20184 votes

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I've been doing this build on karma and veigar ever since it Glacial Augment came out. Its a good bit of fun since it makes engaging on you very hard especially if you run ingenious hunter secondary and also buy stuff like banshee and zhonya. It makes you very hard to to kill and for champs like veigar it does little to lower your damage as long as you get a rabadons. I can see it getting nerfed but I really hope it doesn't

problem is, it makes it impossible for some champions to even play the game.

like what do you really do against that, when a ranged champion presses 2 buttons and you cant move for a whole fight?

tenacity or qss doesnt help, since slow fields immediately reapply. the problem is that this is usually stacked onto kit inherent cc.

veigar activates twin shadows to guarantee his e stun, into glp, and by the time only his cc runs out, the fight is over.

M00ndanc3Sep 28, 20181 votes

there are a couple ways to reduce the builds effectiveness, Swifty boots reduces the slow percentage and mikaels gives slow immunity. But i do understand what you mean. Also the fact that it gives a free slow on auto makes champs like veigar and karma who don't have any mobility able to kite more effectively (also allows karma to land her w without using her shield on her self). Not saying that it shouldn't be nerfed but as it is there are a lot of other items/ runes and champs that should take priority in being nerfed before a flavor of the month keystone that everyone thought was weak until a few pros used it in its most simple usage (I like to take it on champs like tahm kench and cho for more righteos glory synergy and a stronger engage on engageless champs, as well as take it on champs like soraka for better kiting and garenteed q in lane (auto into q))

Hexs FortuneSep 28, 20181 votes

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problem is, it makes it impossible for some champions to even play the game.

like what do you really do against that, when a ranged champion presses 2 buttons and you cant move for a whole fight?

tenacity or qss doesnt help, since slow fields immediately reapply. the problem is that this is usually stacked onto kit inherent cc.

veigar activates twin shadows to guarantee his e stun, into glp, and by the time only his cc runs out, the fight is over.

There's so many things that make it difficult for champs to play the game. It's starting to feel like Rocks, Paper, Scissors

Critmaster GarenSep 28, 20181 votes

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There's so many things that make it difficult for champs to play the game. It's starting to feel like Rocks, Paper, Scissors

not difficult. actually impossible.

if youre not playing a mobile champion who can somehow jump out of the slow fields to avoid follow up cc, youre not even allowed to play the game.

the twin shadows ghosts chase you down from massive range. there is practically no way to avoid them past spellshields. and im not even sure in that case when you get hit by both.

like does the spellshield absorb the first and you still get hit by the second?

wildfox9TSep 28, 20181 votes

give glacial augment active (the one that procs on items slow) a CD so they can't double proc it with 2 items and you balanced this build (multiple proc still exist on AoE actives but after that it goes in a let's say 20 sec CD)

the problem with this build is that even if you get out the slowing zone you are going to get slowed again by the second item active,giving it a CD wouldn't allow to chain CC your enemies nerfing this build without touching the others (this rune is already niche,don't do a straight nerf only because of this build,in the other cases it's a balanced mechanic)