Support players (feelings of getting CDR items when you reach the CDR cap)

StrangerL·5/24/2016, 7:22:05 PM·5 votes·971 views

Does it bother you when you need to spend money on CDR when you already reach the CDR cap?
Especially, now we get another 20% CDR item. item 3174 You want to get more of the utility items but the feeling of spending part of your gold for nothing.

Other classes now have more access to get CDR after their rework. I think support itemization should give something else other than more and more CDR.

5 Comments

0pAL2NlcpJ5/24/2016, 7:26:24 PM2 votes

You aren't building right then.

Partholonian5/25/2016, 2:27:52 AM2 votes

I hardly ever build item 3158 on supports anymore, you're practically guaranteed to be at or over cap even without them if the game lasts past 20 minutes.

Sometimes I think about building them early and selling them for other boots after I have 40-45 CDR without them, but supports don't have that kind of money.

item 3110 item 3025 item 3174 feel the worst with half the CDR cap on a single item. I really wish Riot would refocus more of their power into other stats so that they don't make you feel bad about then building more than one of item 3060 item 3050 item 3190 item 3222 item 3065 or item 3504 (almost all of the gold-generating support items give at least 10%, I think the only exception is item 2303 which is not viable on all supports). Even item 3157 has CDR now, if you're one of the supports who wants it.

item 3174 is a great item for several mage-ish supports, but puts a major pinch on your build path.

Woodakoodashooda5/24/2016, 7:52:57 PM1 votes

Sometimes it does. But I create pre-made item sets to plan ahead for the CDR cap.

Athenes Lulu5/24/2016, 8:14:32 PM1 votes

No.

Getting items anytime during the game is a luxury, and I should be grateful for even finishing things.

Though you can always plan things out if you're that worried.

In2TheRainYires5/24/2016, 11:21:21 PM1 votes

Yes. It does depend on the support though. When I play morgana I generally end up with about 55% CDR in items. Sometimes even when the situation calls for it, I'm reluctant to buy frozen heart because I know the CDR stat usually goes to waste (i usually man up and get it though ;) ) Before 6.9, I ran scaling CDR blues on AP supports but seeing that almost every core item gives CDR out of the wazoo, I've opted to run flat AP or scaling MR depending on the matchup.