Can you just revert Abyssal Mask and Banshee’s or do something about it?

Fisher No Chains··2 votes·297 views

Because right now there’s almost no difference in building Abyssal or building damage items, since it boosts survivability and damage regardless.

I was watching Shiphtur’s stream and he was Taliyah vs a Viktor who built Abyssal first item. He used a full combo on the Viktor (with 33 MPen from Guise and sorcs too) who managed to out trade him to the point he was about to kill him. And Viktor’s one and only source of AP was his second augment. And he was at like 70% HP after the whole fight.

Shiphtur was like “yeah why build damage, just build defense, it’s league of legends” and he has a point: what’s the point in building damage and being easier to shut down when you can build defense and still deal shit ton of damage while being tanky?

This is exactly how I feel when i’m playing an AP mid vs abyssal mask abusers. Oh he’s building abyssal? GL killing him before you have 33 flat pen and 40% from Void. And even if abyssal has exactly 0 AP and damage outside of the aura (which is actually small), they just out trade full damage AP carries even if they are 1k gold ahead.

Tl;dr: swapping Abyssal and Banshee’s from their intended use was a mistake and the damage is so high that Abyssal is just like a full damage item simply for its passive.

2 Comments

DuskDaUmbreon3 votes

Except Banshee's had super mismatched stats. A spell shield for someone who's meant to soak up damage (and often body blocks skill shots) was almost useless. And the people who wanted it didn't want the stats.

A change to Mask might be a good idea. But Veil? Keep it as it is.

Fisher No Chains1 votes

Well I’m not against Veil, I actually like the current one, but the new Abyssal just makes no sense and having more than 1 AP/high MR item could become a problem.

Abyssal needs changes. It’s such a safe buy for a lot of mages that it removes the whole risk of being a glass cannon while still being a damage dealer.

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