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The base AD isn't the problem with Titanic Hydra

Firancil·3/26/2016, 10:34:52 PM·2 votes·469 views

It's the fact that you build defensive stats to get damage. You can nerf the base AD to the ground but in the end I just have to build more health to offset the damage difference. The only realistic way to balance this item so champs like Fiora and Yi can't abuse it is to nerf the HP scaling physical damage to the point where it's a sub optimal purchase for everyone and becomes Atma's Impaler 2.0 but with an AOE.

This item can't be balanced. It's either going to be brutally overpowered in the hands of a champ who can abuse it, or it's going to be so weak that no one can use it efficiently, but that's just my thoughts.

I'd ask for you board dwellers opinions on this and how you guys would balance this item, but the boards are literally just a large group of people who exist solely to make you regret posting on the boards, and don't say something like "Well I'm not like that." This is probably your 1st or 2nd time on the boards and you haven't been initiated into the circle jerk yet so get out while you can!

So ya, probably not actually gonna come back to this post and see anyone's opinions on how to balance the item, most of you are probably just calling me an asshole while reading this anyway so it's not really a loss on my part.

It's like, 6:32 PM here so if any of you are in my time zone then go eat dinner or something.

P.S.

Fuck you guys, I don't like you and you certainly don't like me, so lets keep it that way :)

3 Comments

Verxint3/26/2016, 10:42:52 PM2 votes

No, the way to balance it around champs like Fiora and Yi is to give them low base damage and high bonus AD scaling. While titanic builds will always be an option, with proper tuning they'll be a lot less damage than proper damage builds. The amount of gold worth of damage output you get from gold invested into defense with a titanic is still nothing compared to the investment into actual damage, unless you're on one of the champions that Titanic is meant to work with.

The reason titanic is better than Atma's is because not only does it gives on-hit instead of raw physical, it doesn't have crit. Titanic doesn't give multiplicative scaling options while normal AD paths do. And on the other side, if you get a Titanic on a champion that normally wouldn't have much damage, you miss out on a resistance item to do so. Considering things like FH, Randuins, Deadmans, Banshees, etc have bonus effects that help your team and titanic is just selfish damage, it's a fair tradeoff.

Also, the boards are like any open market of ideas. Say stupid stuff, get called stupid. Don't say stupid stuff, don't get called stupid.

Slythion3/26/2016, 10:43:18 PM2 votes

Well, you had a really good argument until you made this post about raging at the boards lol. I've been on the boards for awhile, and while people are negative they mean well on here so just chill bud. Try to unrustle your jimmies and not insult people before they insult you and things usually turn out for the better

Moesnd3/26/2016, 10:48:49 PM2 votes

The problem WAS the ad. It is supposed to be an offensive item for tanks but instead is built on bruisers or lets squishies build tank because of the scaling it gave with their abilities