Armor and Magic Resist on non tank characters

Z5cQvwaGO6·Aug 29, 2017·1 votes·483 views

Is it worth getting any for non-tanky chracters/squishy character? or is it better to just build damage?

9 Comments

PhearBunnyAug 29, 20171 votes

totally depends. Are you safe? Just build damage if so. Do they have assassins that can reliably reach you? Build a defensive but dangerous adc.

Z5cQvwaGO6Aug 29, 20171 votes

what about characters that are meele range squishes like fizz, because champions with multiple damaging abilties can be troublesome

PhearBunnyAug 29, 20171 votes

What about them? I don't understand the question, lol

Z5cQvwaGO6Aug 29, 20171 votes

like is it better to get damage to burst them down faster or get armor to out last them?

PhearBunnyAug 29, 20171 votes

Youre pretty much forced to take Fizzs initial burst, maybe not with his ult, but Lichbane at the very least. So you would want some form of tankyness. Probably Blood Thirster so your shield keeps you healthy through his burst, and then your sustained lifesteal after his initial damage will be to much for him to duel with.

NhifuAug 29, 20171 votes

Use armor per level and magic resist per level, with your damage/lifesteal you can gain alot of levels

woodvsmurphAug 29, 20171 votes

I always think of the 5 item master yi jungle in this scenario. Against a bad team, he builds full damage and shreds them one by one. Against a good team, get gets chain hard cc'd and deleted in 2 sec. Which is why when there are fed burst enemies around and enemies with cc, I always ask them to build at least 1 or 2 defensive items. Sure you lose some dps, but if you would die halfway through a teamfight due to going full ad, building 2 tank or resistance plus damage items might just see you through the full fight and let you end up doing more damage overall.