why was crit added to runaan's hurricane?

IllllllIIIIlllll·Jan 2, 2016·3 votes·1,100 views

the old runaan's was built on onhit champions like who didn't scale well with crit. I especially liked how the old runaans synergized well with and because of lifesteal and onhit on bolts as well as the lack of crit chance. adding crit on runaans pretty much disqualifies from building it and made it worse on (who were already hit by the nerfs and don't benefit from the new crit itemization). the only real benefactor to the runaans change is and maybe (who would much rather get ) and (which is really only for slow, since damage is split between ashe's flurry bolts)

7 Comments

FantasySniperJan 2, 20163 votes

It was to finally make it worth picking up on ADCs. Now Varus KogMaw Jinx Twitch Kalista Caitlyn can incorporate it into their builds without fear.

IcyPepperJan 2, 20162 votes

Because the bolts can now critically strike, but have lower damage without crit now?

shrugs

IllllllIIIIlllllJan 2, 20161 votes

the thing is, the bolts deal half damage, so with infinity edge, you would need 80%ish crit to equal the old bolts damage of runaans. this change is directly punishing runaans on champions who don't itemize for crit, and for those who do itemize for crit, Caitlyn Jinx Ashe are pretty much the only three that build it.

the main reason I want the runaans change reverted is because the crit adcs all received fancy new crit items to toy with, whereas Kalista KogMaw Kindred were left with nerfs to item 3153

IcyPepperJan 2, 20161 votes

Well...

Do remember that while BORK was nerfed, hurricane bolts still deal on-hit effects at full effect. If BORK wasn't nerfed and the hurricane bolts had the same base damage, it would mean a lot of damage in teamfights for BORK ADCs.

Sure, it kind of sucks if you look at them individually, but the synergy together makes up for it in my opinion.

Go ahead, try an on-hit build with Kog'Maw sometime. Get some friends together and make a Juggermaw composition. It's amazing fun as long as you keep assassins off your ass.

BeldairJan 2, 20162 votes

I build it on Sivir and Twitch for the crit. Nothing screams damage quite like a Crit Twitch or Crit Sivir. Both become really deadly with crit from what i've seen when playing them.