What are the common Hybrid items?

Absolute0Chaos·May 7, 2015·1 votes·211 views

Trifroce Gunblade Rageblade

Obvious because they give both AD and AP

BORK?

Non-hybrids get this too, but is this actually a common go-to item for Hybrids? Or is the just item so good it's a coincidence.

Nashor's Tooth?

AS and AP. Auto-attacking champs that also scale off AS?

Anything else?

5 Comments

KMannnnn1May 7, 20151 votes

Hybrid itemization is somewhat lacking because all hybrid champs benefit more from focusing one side of the coin rather than trying to buy into both. You could argue that the causation is the other way around (hybrid champs specialize because items suck), but Akali and Kat are always going to want to burst and Jax is always going to want to DPS, even if different items were available.

Miku Lv99May 7, 20151 votes

Gunblade is kinda only good on a few champions like Akali. Rageblade is just useless on everyone. And even "hybrids" like Kayle or Teemo do more damage with a Nashor's Tooth and then full AP, whereas the other kind of hybrid like Jax is still best off with trinity force and then full AD items if you want max damage.

Even on these hybrids I still wouldn't recommend making items like gunblade or rageblade.

junglerboy16May 7, 20151 votes

item 3091 is kind of a hybrid item, just more on-hit oriented.

67chromeMay 7, 20151 votes

What are the common Hybrid items?

That really depends on what you consider "hybrid".

If it's two very specific late-game glass-cannon damage stats in AD and AP, you're not looking at anything being common. Especially considering late-game glass-cannon scaling benefits a pure AD or pure AP path much more.

Generally speaking bruisers and tanks are more in the spirit of actually dealing meaningful mixed physical/magical damage than any other class though - and due to not being able to go into late-game glass-cannon builds (due to needing to build defense), and generally being more mid-game champions, bruisers tend to get mixed damage in ways that are specifically not AD or AP.

Such as item 3091 item 3153 item 3078 item 3025 item 3068 item 3751 item 3709 item 3710 , where the focus is more on large flat numbers up-front that don't need crit/deathcap to matter late, or are large up-front numbers because they aren't as strong as crit/deathcap synergies late.

Also - for hybrid items, I'd look more at the mix of abilities and auto-attacks ( item 3042 ) or physical and magic damage ( item 3115 ) then focusing purely on AD and AP, because AD and AP are more a means to a hybridized end then they are actually being the core of what a hybrid is.