i like raw power(stats) play of certain mage's and flashy play doesnt always = fun @Riot

arc95··1 votes·586 views

One of the issues that we've struggled with in a lot of mid-range mages is that many of them essentially brute force their way to victory through raw numbers. They also don't have a ton of ways to opt into more flexible or flashy combat patterns with their core itemization.

^this is a quote from [Planned - 6.9] Mana x MP/5 x AP x MR Item Pass [Updated - 4/11/2016] by Xypherous on PBE boards

ok brute force there way to victory through raw numbers personally that was my favorite thing about mages as a top lane/assassin main

i loved playing "brute mages" Viktor Veigar Brand TwistedFate(kinda) stack Huge ap and just explode everything and that playstyle was fun huge damage low mobility... you use your mobility to out play my oneshot ability while i try to hit you with my oneshot power during your mobility, it was a fun trade off(except for fizz untargetable, I hate Fizz >.<)

more so brute mages dont need mobility they need a way to withstand op ad itemization(armor)

now WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE FLASHY ok flashy play is fun i have 230k mastery on Yasuo for that reason, he is a super fun champion, but shit mobility is just getting annoying because it's everything to you guys now mobility is fun when its something unique to mobile assassins (ap or ad) Zed Yasuo Fizz(again shark and un-targetable is stupid imo) Katarina Leblanc ...but apparently every champion needs mobility and flashy play now like i have literally no interest in mobile Veigar

If you ask me League of mobility is no better than League of cleavers...but then again league of cleavers wasn't good for esports...because you know esports > regular player base

TL;DR:(read the 2 lines above and this ->) Brute mages like Veigar&Viktor are fun and dont need extra mobility rather a way to withstand op ad itemization

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disregardable1 votes

I think it's about about having interesting moments/decisions to make. When he made that post, I got the idea he was mainly talking about Annie: She presses 4 buttons in any order and one shots people. That's it.

The four mages you listed can have some interesting gameplay to set up their other abilities (maybe except for Brand)- they just have different problems.

arc951 votes

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I think it's about about having interesting moments/decisions to make. When he made that post, I got the idea he was mainly talking about Annie: She presses 4 buttons in any order and one shots people. That's it.

The four mages you listed can have some interesting gameplay to set up their other abilities (maybe except for Brand)- they just have different problems.

annie's issue is her kit not her brute stats style also he would have said annie he wouldnt have said "mid-range mages is that many of them essentially brute force their way to victory" if he wasnt referencing all of them

your focusing in on kits when kits wasnt what he was talking about it was itemization and how they build straight ap onesht build and dont have a flashy play style

arc951 votes

the post is on pbe boards if you want to refernce the entire thing it's purely about itemization

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