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Relic shield is objectively better than Spell Thiefs

LuthianDelphi·11/25/2019, 4:24:26 PM·3 votes·3,272 views

TLDR is as follows

Better Stats- Relic shield gives 20 more HP and 2 less AP, no champ in the botlane has high enough scaling in the early game to worry about 2 AP in lane and the 20 Hp realistically is a free minion or auto or so that you can tank before death.

Better Farming- Sitting behind the wave with your ADC and occasionally autoing a cannon or melee minion is MUCH safer than going in for trades against the enemy botlane and both of the items produce the same amount of gold at similar rates meaning that the relic farming is in most situations going to be the better option. Even if you think you're going to win the lane its likely worth taking as a precaution in case you don't.

Pushing Power- You can push waves, spelltheifs can't.

Mana-

you're not forced into expending mana on trades as you are with spellthiefs which no longer gives mana regen.

feel free to discuss

2 Comments

NTrumpWeTrust11/25/2019, 11:47:07 PM3 votes

A simple fix would be to give mana regen back on spellthief so there's actually a reason to pick it

blindasleep11/25/2019, 4:58:43 PM1 votes

They all better on ranged than melee purely from a safety standpoint. That's the whole reason old relic items were melee only. Since champions designed as support generally don't scale with AD/AP.