Revert Abyssal Mask back to Abyssal Scepter?
Hey fellas.
So I've been hearing a lot of people saying that AP itemization is very bland and boring.
I think, as a first step towards making it more varied, we should go back and make the items that were once AP, AP again.
So I thought "Hey why not revert Abyssal Mask back into being Abyssal Scepter?"
I have a few reasons as to why:
First off, Abyssal Mask is supposed to be a Tank item, but there's not really a lot of Tanks that actually buy it. I've only seen it bought consistently on three Tanks, and that would be Amumu, Ornn and Nautilus. There are just so many better magic resist items for Tanks like Spirit Visage and Adaptive Helm, so Abyssal Mask doesn't really have a fit niche other than for these three guys.
Second off, it's entire concept as a Tank item is flawed to begin with. As a Tank, you're not supposed to deal more damage. You're supposed to soak the enemies' damage. So why would you add a Tank item that makes it so people take more damage?
Third off, and, this is more of a personal issue, but the fact that it builds out of a Catalyst and it has the Eternity passive, makes building both Abyssal Mask and Rod of Ages very bad and unsatisfying.
Fourth off, with mana now being very abundant on other mage items like Luden's Echo and Archangel's Staff, Abyssal Mask doesn't really need it's mana component anymore.
Fifth off, we already have two other AP items that are masks but we don't have an AP item that's a scepter. Now, this doesn't affect Gameplay itself, of course, but it adds more thematic to building these items.
Tell me what y'all think.
