Shields need a counter.

Inari Fox Orrion·May 13, 2017·1 votes·657 views

To more condense my old point; Shields currently have no direct counter to them beyond "Wait it out" and it explains why so many shield-ridden champions are so powerful in the current meta. They scale on your resistances, the caster's AP and also tend to have secondary effects.

I'm not going to suggest anything major ~~because I got downvoted for it last time~~ because people did, will and probably do have better ideas, but maybe an item that provides universal stats and causes your damage to ignore a fraction of a shield? ~~or I can steal others' suggestions and suggest A: an item that applies a debuff that reduces shields applied to others by a flat %, or B: an item that multiplies damage dealt to shields.~~

5 Comments

TEA Nietzsche May 13, 20171 votes

Yeah, what's the point of shields if they get reduced aswell, might aswell just have a heal. Shields: higher in fight temporary value, need to be timed correctly but are rewarding when they are. Heals: lower value, mostly useful out of fights to sustain, vulnerable to grieveous wounds.

So why are shields so strong right now? Simple answer: item 3107 item 3504

Inari Fox OrrionMay 13, 20171 votes

and item 3190 , which is one big shield coupled with item 3222 .

Professor WardMay 13, 20171 votes

item 3107 item 3504 item 3222 WindSpeakers, Runic Armor it just seems really easy to stack shield strength right now and nobodies shield seems weak alone, idk when I play lulu it just seems op.

The Fuzzy 0neMay 13, 20171 votes

Shields are indeed very powerful right now, but it can be countered by hard chain cc or by killing the shield provider which are all very squishy champs.