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Essence Reaver. What if...

Syllin·8/17/2015, 12:06:15 AM·9 votes·1,820 views

What if Essence reaver didn't give life steal. What if instead it was an item directed more towards AD casters (as it sort of is currently with... questionable exicution) My proposed changes:

Essence Reaver item 1038 + item 3134

80 - AD X - % CDR X - Armor penetration Unique passive - still restores Mana on hit. (just leaving the stats open ended because i have no idea how this would be balanced and at what the price should be for its balance.

What does this solve? well it gives a new item for our AD caster class (Fiora Talon Varus Sivir ) and most importantly OPTIONS. Theres some reward as far as sustain goes once you hit the full item, without being an abusive "Buy this and laning phase is EZ life" kind of item. meaning zed wont have even more unlimited sustain and never have to leave his lane. (but seriously riot... his laning phase... lets be real here). It also feels like it can be bought at any point in the game and still feel like it pays off nicely. Early game? hey you get some extra mana for lane. mid/late game? hey you now have that AD/pen boost for them squishies.

It also gives some more Pen options as far as item 3134. Id maybe limit the armor pen to a unique passive so that you cant get this and ghostblade. or rather you can if you dont care about the wasted gold. Every other class has their big shiny item that is like their beacon of "this is core to the class. it will grant you much success. now go forth and kill things. have no mercy"

TL;DR new item idea/item tweak idea, probably OP.

27 Comments

Cindikle8/17/2015, 2:01:54 AM3 votes

It would work. But not with 80AD AND armor pen.

Add a ER mini that builds with brutalizer.

50AD 10% CDR 15 Arm Pen

Mana restoring passive.

AMYS GRAVE8/17/2015, 12:08:14 AM2 votes

My proposal is similar,

Make an ER light, like a vamp scepter but without the lifesteal but returns mana instead.

ER light + Brutalizer + gold = ER.

As a result ER gives a little less overall AD but gives mana earlier and gives CDR.

Paradise Proxy8/17/2015, 3:14:31 AM1 votes

>AD caster

GIVE IT SPELL VAMP :^)

BuzzinTate8/18/2015, 8:45:36 AM1 votes

it should actually steal mana away from the enemy, or at least make a mage variant that does this

Desiderium8/18/2015, 8:49:00 AM1 votes

It's kind of important that it gives lifesteal because that's what makes it so powerful for mana champions. It gives double sustain in a single slot.

Nilok8/18/2015, 8:54:27 AM1 votes

I wonder about instead of life steal, it only gives spell vamp, or the new Will of the Ancients version of it.

This would mean that it would heavily favor AD casters who deal their damage with abilities, while dissuade other physical damage champions who deal their damage primarily from auto attacks.

Angry Monster8/18/2015, 9:40:28 PM1 votes

you just made an item more expensive than a IE. You should think about that and realize why this is a bad idea.

AtheosisX8/17/2015, 12:13:20 AM1 votes

I still think 20% cdr is the way to go on ER.