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Bonipherus··1 votes·308 views

The nerf to item 3508 and its loss of synergy with item 3078?

Trinity Force only has 20% critical strike chance and so it is the only fully upgraded item 3086 item which won't reach 30% crit to ultimately give the full cdr benefits of Essence Reaver.

Essence Reaver is made to support the ad casters of the League and Trinity Force is a staple item of an ad caster build but when used together the synergy between the two items is gimped. When considering how Casters like Ezreal and Corki won't be buying another zeal item after getting Reaver Force (copyright pending) because these champions naturally don't synergize with attack speed as much as other marksmen you have to feel as though there is a new gap in ad itemization. To get the remaining cooldown reduction these champions are essentially forced to get item 3158, item 3031, or crit/cdr runes to compensate.

It's a real shame that item 3508 and its natural synergy with critical strike items such as item 3046, item 3087, item 3094, and item 3085 now favor marksmen who primarily auto attack because aa-focused champions, by nature, don't need the mana sustain like a caster does.

2 Comments

Vianci1 votes

Well the synergy with item 3078 is kinda riddiculus... Stats provided by both of those items combined shouldn't be this strong, you have:

  • 40% cdr
  • on hit from item 3078
  • mana sustain from item 3508
  • nice chunk of ad
  • 40% crit Also AD casters have usually low enough cooldowns to compensate so don't worry! It won't be so bad!
MunchCrunchLunch1 votes

this whole game is always putting AA adcs in favor. thats why i think corki is garbage

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