Attack Speed + Tankiness
Just as a question, why is there almost nothing in the finished-item path that gives both of these qualities?
is moderate at best - it's gold-inefficient if you're manaless, and it's literally the only thing that gives baseline tankiness as well as attack speed.
is literally the only other finished item that gives any kind of attack speed plus durability at all, but it's almost entirely situational now due to the MR aspect of it.
Is this a deliberate design decision - there will be no attack speed plus substantial health/armor on a finished item for a reason? Or just an omission?
I'd love to see items like:
SHURIMAN LOST ARMOR:
+
+
+ 700 gold
+40% attack speed +45 armor +300 health +10% cooldown reduction
Unique passive: Cold Steel - When hit by basic attacks, reduce attacker's attack speed by 15% for 1 second. Unique passive: Every time you hit an opponent with an ability, gain 5 armor and 1% cooldown reduction for 5 seconds.
Or:
DEMACIAN GREATBOW:
+
+
+ 800 gold
+50% attack speed +300 health +30 attack damage
Unique passive: Basic attacks heal you for 1% of your champion's maximum health.
Or:
HILT-ARMORED RAPIER
+
+ 600 gold
+40% attack speed +55 armor
Unique passive: Every third basic attack pierces the target, dealing an extra 100% base AD. Unique passive: Every time you hit an enemy champion with a basic attack, steal 1% of their armor for up to 5 seconds.
If these stats are too gold-inefficient or gold-efficient, I apologize - might need some analysis as far as gold costs goes, it's all off the top of my head - but it does seem frustrating that you can't build a finished item that can stack attack speed and health.
I can see that it may be impossible to do this because it would break
and
and
, but there are other champs like
and
who are in a bad place and would certainly benefit.
already have enough attack speed to work with without buying more attack speed?
Oh but yeah, your idea's seem really nice. Especially Demacian Greatbow. Although Phage's passive on it can be very beneficial...