ADC Defensive Item Rework

Ifneth·Feb 24, 2018·3 votes·563 views

The defensive item options for attack damage carries are muddled by overlapping purposes and dominated by Mercurial Scimitar, which offers and often ideal mix of stats. A few small changes could changed this limited landscape into one of many clear, viable choices.

Mercurial Scimitar -Combine lowered to 325 -Vampiric Scepter replaced by Caulfield’s Warhammer

The Bloodthirster -Attack Damage lowered from 80 to 65 -Longsword removed from build path

By removing the life-steal from Mercurial Scimitar, we would reduce its function to a cleanse. This reduction would enable the other items to compete. ADC would have to choose between a cleanse, a shield, lifesteal, and a revive rather than getting the first and third functions in one item.

What do you think?

5 Comments

GodJormungandrFeb 24, 20182 votes

I like the idea. Riot made Tank items pretty useless, especially sunfire and thornmail. Adcs should never have Damage items that make them tanky in same time... it's just unfair.. Bloodthirster/Scimitar on adc can make them harder to kill for other champions than killing a tank with sunfire and thornmail...

dunder killFeb 24, 20182 votes

How about nobody builds lifesteal because it's dogshit with how readily available GW is? How is hard nerfing LS items a good idea exactly? BT is already trash that nobody builds anymore and you want to give it a massive nerf why? Then add CDR to MS? Wut?

ZephyrDrakeFeb 24, 20182 votes

oh look you just made item 3072 an item nobody will ever buy!

MushroomsFeb 24, 20181 votes

Why would any adc main want something like this? Scimitar is one of the best items for an adc because it gives lifesteal a bit of magic resist and a cleanse while bloodthirster is just pure lifesteal.

IfnethFeb 24, 20182 votes

Exactly. Like but less than Morellonomicon did, Mercurial Scimitar gives an ADC almost everything they need in almost every situation. There’s rarely a time not to build it.