What would happen if Heal and Shield power was moved to the support item?

Edgar Alan Dro·2/4/2020, 11:45:47 PM·1 votes·900 views

I'm scared that with Soraka being top and not in a place RIot wants her theyre gonna nerf her into the ground. What it seems to me is that Soraka top is viable because her lane swap isnt punished from her global healing with the itemization she gets. I would think removing healing and shield power from ardent censer and the other items enchanter supports buy to just the Spellthief Line of support items would lock her into lane.

all i think is that putting heal and shield power into one item and adjusting the stats of the items that it's removed from would keep soraka viable in support as opposed to nerfing her to the ground so she's just out of play again from support role all together. if you want heal and support power you build the items with it. it doesnt have to be ONLY spellthiefs but either AP support item to allow for tanks like taric to take it. ivern is the only person outside of support who builds those items and he needs a different talk all together to balance him.

this change in my thought allows more diverse itemization between supports for AP items to take into account, but with just one change it locks enchanters into support roles to be useful still, and keeps with riots wants and needs of taking them out of solo lanes.

25 Comments

Saezio2/5/2020, 12:09:49 AM2 votes

And what if you don't want to go spellthiefs but you want to have the heal and shield power as a support? I guess you just fucked huh?

Yeah very bad idea

ProphetOfDraven2/4/2020, 11:50:10 PM1 votes

Ivern [zombie-nunu-bummed]

Daddy ReTaric2/4/2020, 11:50:29 PM1 votes

It would not fix it all, she would do like Sona , buy spellthief and don't farm and still get gold..

Scibra2/4/2020, 11:52:02 PM1 votes

So... lane phase happens, once team fights and grouping starts happen, just buy a 450 gold item and suddenly your good laning now receives a huge power spike.

xox BaByDoLL xox2/4/2020, 11:58:21 PM1 votes

Ruining an entire item's purpose for one champion? Yeah, no. I do hate Riot is so against solo lane supports, I just wanna be able to play her mid still D:

Also, gotta love how Soraka top was an issue for a min, but they waited until they got that $$$$$$ from her new legendaries before they gutted her. lolol [slayer-jinx-wink]

ZephyrDrake2/5/2020, 12:13:14 AM1 votes

So... you want all of that heal and shield power to concentrate on a singular item? That would break spellthief in half and leave the other items feeling incredibly underwhelming. Why would you want to single handedly ruin support itemization just for a single champion?