Why Ohmwrecker is good

Pupel··4 votes·2,865 views

I have noticed people really have no respect for ohmwrecker and I am here to show you why you should. First lets look at the stats Hp:300 Armor:50 CDR:10% Regen: 150% These are the raw stats you get from the item. The armor portion of the item is on par with others like item 3742 item 3068 but lacks a bit in HP however the regen on the item can make up for this especially if you are in the laning phase where poking and trading are more common than quick bursty fights. Along with that you get CDR which for most tanks and bruisers is a good stat Now lets look at the passive. Point Runner: 20% bonus ms around turret points that gradually ramps up over 2 seconds This passive is the same at Rot and is very very usefull in engaging fights in the lanes (where most fights take place) and sticking to targets in lanes also its helpful for farming under a tower against a poke heavy lanner Now lets look at the active Disable enemy turret for 3 seconds. This active is extreamly good for setting up ganks or escaping through unconventional ways however many people get triped up on this and think this is the only reason you would want to buy this item which is not true this item is so good even if you never use the active. I play a lot of Nasus and while I don't recommend to rush it on every champ rushing it on Nasus against AD lanners is so good. Nasus excels at 1v1 and if your lanner cannot depend on their tower to be a safe spot for them it makes it impossible to lane for them this allows you to control the map as they need to keep at least 2 people on the top side to make sure you don't go Rambo on their base. I could buy a FH but it is easly countered by LW or if they have a AP jungler. ohm at least gives HP which is in most cases the most efficient tank stat early. I am sure other champions could use this item some of them I think of are Olaf Volibear DrMundo Malphite Rammus so while its not by any meas a super op must have item it does have uses and is very good with the right champ and play style not to mention split pushing with this makes it very hard to catch you as you run away

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DeathBurst3 votes

Raptor's Cloak and the Point Runner passive are great, but Ohmwrecker is still shit. Take it from someone who climbed 2 Tiers this year just by AFK-ing Top and split-pushing, and who would love an item to safely dive his opponent 1v1. The active is garbage, much to my sadness, 'cause I really tried hard to exploit it. And if you don't use the active, you have better items available.

To really make use of Ohmwrecker, you have to rush it as a first item, but most champs need some more important, core item before and can't afford that. Also, it doesn't help your waveclear, and if you don't waveclear, how are you gonna get near a tower in the first place?

Skia Asteri1 votes

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Take it from someone who climbed 2 Tiers this year

You climbed from Silver 4 to Gold 5. Pupel climbed from Gold 5 to Plat 4. Maybe you should listen and experiment so you can maybe take the next step.

DeathBurst1 votes

I climbed from Bronze 3, not Silver 4. And I did experiment. OP may be in Plat, but I stand by my statement: if Ohmwrecker is the bad choice against Silver players (and it is, there is absolutely no doubt about it, I did the trials), I can't see why it would be better against more skilled opponents.

N Pelosi1 votes

There is literally only one champion I buy Ohmwrecker on and that is Taric. And only if we winning da bot lane already so we can do rofl dives.

EvilUnicornLord1 votes

I feel the same way about item 3800 whenever I play a tank/fighter jungler. Greatly increased health and mana regen so you can farm in the jungle for days and not to mention its amazing active. Combined with ghost, I was able to catch up with and kill a Sion who ulted away from a gank.

Craft Zeppelin1 votes

i legit thought it was an item that you had so much gold to waste you literally showed you well...rekt them.

Asayake 5150glow1 votes

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i legit thought it was an item that you had so much gold to waste you literally showed you well...rekt them.

Failed ur joke man.

hint: its called ohmwrecker

BeeCuz1 votes

Purchases are a choice between items of similar cost, competing for your item slots.

Slythion1 votes

I feel like Darius could rush it as a second item tbh, it'd have to be a winning matchup though...I might experiment with it

EcchiOtakuTM1 votes

Meh zz'rot is still better, pressuring an entire lane for free allowing you to effectively be in 2 places at once is far better than a once in awhile turret dive which the enemy can still escape from. Not to mention most of the time I'll be tanky enough without that 300 hp and 60mr is nothing to joke about.

lagartoloco941 votes

Personally I love using Ohm Wrecker on Tahm Kench support, at least in the latter game. The speed boost from the passive lets you do what you do best even more effectively, be an armored personal carrier. In lane you get to hurt allies faster and get them out of dodge just as fast....oooor aggressively barrel towards some poor enemy with both your passenger speed boost AND Ohm's without having to depend on a finite Righteous glory. You could argue Zz'rot does the same but Ohm synergizes better thanks to the chunk of health it gives uping your passives damage. And the active? Swallowing some poor sap under tower without even bothering to use e? Oh the sweet salty tears Kench must enjoy.

MunchCrunchLunch1 votes

lol

Spoofghoul1 votes

well part of the point of building an item with an active is to use that active

but that active gets more & more useless as the game progresses, because you either get so tanky you don't need to shut down a turret so its no longer needed

Also the longer you are in game the less turrets you have to use it on

Burning Vengance1 votes

I think it's good on some supports like Thresh , but most champs can't utilize it well.

Hinagiku331 votes
  1. If the Koreans aren't using it, then it isn't strong.
  1. The 150% Health Regen isn't that good because you are giving up raw Health for it, while Warmog's and Spirit Visage both have 200% Health Regen and most Tanks/Juggernauts/Bruisers are likely to buy one of them anyway. This makes Ohmwrecker a weak armor item compared to Deadman's or Sunfire Cape which both offer more raw Health.
  1. The Point Runner passive is nice. Unfortunately, ZZ'Rot Portal exists and is far better than Ohmwrecker will ever be since it can be used for both offense and defense all game long.
  1. Ohmwrecker gets less and less useful as the game goes on. It is only useful on the enemy's side of the map to begin with and just diminishes in value as the game goes on and towers start falling.
  1. Ohmwrecker will only ever be good in lane if you rush it and since it doesn't offer a single champion a real power spike it will always be a terrible item to rush. It's not slot efficient late game and why rush and item you'll just end up selling soon anyway?

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