What champs build spell vamp?

mutealleverygame··1 votes·1,105 views

Obviously AP champs, probably melee, would build spell vamp, but it doesn't seem to scale well. I mean, for Eve, wouldn't you more likely live through an assassination by adding more AP for burst than spell vamp for dueling?

All I can think Akali, Eve, and Diana. Maybe Vlad, but he seems to get by just fine only using Will of the Ancients. Morgana even has spell vamp in her passive, but I would think spell vamp for her would be a consideration after AP, CDR, and probably every other stat. Other champions have heals or health gaining abilities within their kits, like Tryn and Ali, but that Visage alone would be a better item than building AP for them.

Even Will of the Ancients specifically says you gain health based on a percentage of damage dealt, which seems like it's the same thing as saying spell vamp, but why change the specific wording?

Spell vamp seems like a cool stat, but is it out dated with so many champs bringing heals through their kits?

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Flaherty1 votes

Vladimir does, I think Mordekaiser still does Also Akali and Jax via hextech gunblade, Jax less so with that item

mutealleverygame1 votes

But are they building the gunblade for the spell vamp, or is that more of an incidental stat?

Flaherty1 votes

Well Akali gets spell vamp in her passive so she builds gunblade for it, it's more incidental for Jax

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

I'm not sure if I would say that it's incidental for Jax.

His Q, W, and R-passive all count as single-target spells and can provide a nice burst-heal in combat.

Flaherty1 votes

That's true, I just think of him as more of an auto attack life stealing champ

mutealleverygame1 votes

But, wouldn't life steal be better than spell vamp? That would be every attack, as opposed to every third, plus his Q and W.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

Lifesteal is better for sustained healing on Jax.

Spellvamp is better for burst healing on Jax.

He benefits highly from both of them why is why he gets Hextech Gunblade.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

Even Will of the Ancients specifically says you gain health based on a percentage of damage dealt, which seems like it's the same thing as saying spell vamp, but why change the specific wording?

The difference in wording is because Will of the Ancients heals your for damage dealt before mitigation (resistances) while Spell-Vamp heals you for damage dealt after mitigation (resistances).

mutealleverygame1 votes

It seems like Riot admitting spell vamp isn't a stat worthy of building.

SnugglePuggle941 votes

WOTA and Hextech Gunblade both had 20% SpellVamp as a passive but they took it out for what they have now.

BeatRushVII1 votes

Outside of the above really only Akali , and she typically just gets it on gunblade, which she builds for reasons other than just spellvamp. It used to be a really good stat, but it was so good everyone built and stacked it and the age of aoe mages happened. Would be nice if it got a life steal level rework. Its oppressive as fuck when overbuffed, but with life steal crits being a thing, it would be nice for mages to have something slightly comparable.

Edit: The person above me edited and shenned me, lol.

SnugglePuggle941 votes

Akali has spell vamp in her passive thats why it works so well. Others that have SV in their passives are Morgana Nasus

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

Nasus's passive gives lifesteal, not spellvamp.

SnugglePuggle941 votes

Ah my bad I mixed him up with the others.

alasarcher1 votes

Poppy also benefits from it , if built AP.

Stacona1 votes

Champions that deal damage on abilities, derp; and spell vamp is ability damage - damage type is irrelevant

Will of the Ancients ignores resistances that is the difference

Truely Fabulous1 votes

Apparently Kayle and XinZhao both have insane synergy with item 3146 and item 3124. With Kayles attack speed and XIn's heal its stupid strong

SnugglePuggle941 votes

Those that have heals in their kits or that have spell vamp in their passives-Morgana Akali

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