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Real reason broken stopwatch is broken.

SwiftCrane·1/29/2018, 8:47:13 AM·15 votes·4,758 views

Broken stopwatch in itself is a VERY strong rune. Don't get me wrong, it still provides massive dive/survive potential for free. Its main downside however, is that its a ONE time use.

The problem is that the game snowballs and ends so fast that it only takes one dive kill + stopwatch to snowball the lanes.

Obviously everyone's going to take runes that have such a massive impact on the early game, when the early game more or less decides the entire game.

The game length/snowball potential is the real problem: all because of the mobility and damage creep. Champions that have essentially no resources and can poke for insane damage and 100-0 you with one combo even if you are ahead are the problem. ADCs that no longer have to kite, but just right click to make up for assassins having so much damage are the problem.

YES, remove stopwatch - its broken. But don't let this distract you from the real reason - the way the game plays right now.

10 Comments

Hamaka1/29/2018, 9:37:14 AM11 votes

While i do agree that Stopwatch is a get out of jail free rune. I think what REALLY ties into making it broken is that the item still builds into other items and still reduces the cost of those items. Yes that's 600 gold that a player did NOT have to spend to build into their Hourglass or their Guardian Angel AND they got to use a free Zhonya's active for NO COST. Keep in mind the boots rune saves you 350 gold but you have to wait 10 minutes (less if you get kills and assists) and you can not buy boots at all.

Where is the real trade-off in this rune???

Akali Prime1/29/2018, 5:52:47 PM6 votes

broken stop watch is broken because its broken

Śhunpo1/29/2018, 11:35:19 AM3 votes

Stopwatch is a free BASIC rune OMEGALUL

In all honesty Stopwatch's passive should break after using it and you can't upgrade it into GA/Gargoyle's/Zhoyna's if you do use it. That way if you end up conserving it you're rewarded with a 300 gold price reduction on those said 3 items.

Iffy Jarl1/29/2018, 8:30:28 PM3 votes

You just contradicted yourself, you say that it only takes 1 kill to snowball and end the game but you also say that people can 100-0 u when ur ahead so which is it?