Deathfire touch sucks

Nhifu·Aug 25, 2016·2 votes·963 views

It only works for like 2 champs, why can't it be reworked to be better for other champions also?

Maybe increasing the damage but with a cooldown on it. Then brand can't abuse it and other "poke" champs can use it :D

12 Comments

Brutalitops01Aug 25, 20161 votes

A few champions will run DFT, but you're right, it's not that good on most champions. Jhin, Brand, Malzahar, and Vladimir are the only people who really would want to run it, and even Vlad might want to go for Stormraider's Surge (another one that's only good on like 3 people) instead.

RalanrAug 25, 20161 votes

Don't forget Jhin.

Brutalitops01Aug 25, 20161 votes

Jhin was the first one I said.

Zane ZephyrAug 25, 20161 votes

I use it on Caitlyn Cassiopeia Fiddlesticks Rumble Urgot Varus Swain

Brutalitops01Aug 25, 20161 votes

Caitlyn definitely wants Fervor of Battle over Deathfire Touch because she wants to be autoattacking more than casing spells and you should be building Runaan's Hurricane on her because the Runaan's bolts each give her an extra stack on her passive, meaning that you get 3 stacks per attack, rather than just 1. Varus I personally also take Fervor of Battle because I just go for a more autoattack heavy style than caster style. Fiddlesticks I run what was suggested by Pants Are Dragon and other high-tier junglers, which is Stormraider's Surge, and I would also run Stormraider's Surge on Swain if I played him, and I'm not sure what people should run on Rumble, but DFT or maybe Grasp would be good on him. Cassiopeia could do DFT, Thunderlord's, or Stormraider's, and I'm not sure which one is best, but I personally use DFT on her. Urgot I didn't think of because he's just so off-meta, but I do think that DFT would probably be the best on him.

Zane ZephyrAug 25, 20161 votes

I like using it on Cait because I just like playing her as a caster, I always get hurricane on her but I get ER as well.

DFT is absolutely incredible on urgot because if you run a page with ARpen on it you get even more from masteries and your E, and if you hit your E your Q fucks up a lot of people early on, especially if you play him midlane.

Brutalitops01Aug 26, 20161 votes

Really though the only abilities that benefit from DFT on Cait are her Q and ultimate. E you won't be using to try to hit people with too often and she doesn't have anything to keep it reapplied to have it deal decent sustained damage. W doesn't deal damage, and with trap max Caitlyn as her meta right now, she's much better off with Fervor. Also, the Fervor damage counts as on-hit, meaning that Runaan's bolts will apply it, even if it doesn't cause it to stack faster.

Zane ZephyrAug 26, 20161 votes

I know that. It's just how I enjoy playing her.

moonbornAug 25, 20161 votes

actually on most AoE AP champions it is better late game than thunderlords, because it has no cooldown and with good AoE burst it applies pretty decent 12.5%++ extra damage from your AP. But still thunderlords is so good on its own. IMO they should give deathfire touch a scaling damage also similar to thunderlords.

JustJaysonAug 25, 20161 votes

I thought that it wasn't too bad on Jayce also. Jayce just doesn't fit with the current meta tho

Brutalitops01Aug 26, 20161 votes

Jayce got buffed this patch, and several high-ELO players are predicting he'll start coming back into favor.

RebonackAug 25, 20161 votes

Riot should make DFT deal full damage on AoE spells and make Thunderlord's a single target thing. They deal similar damage if you constantly reapply Deathfire, but Thunderlords is quite a bit easier to use. Making Deathfire the clear pick for someone who wants to focus on augmenting their AoE damage would give them clear and obvious niches.