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So Riot wants to Nerf Ghost Blade for Marksmen.

Mechanics Plz·9/5/2016, 1:51:58 AM·3 votes·567 views

Warning this is a bit of a rant but I hope somebody from riot reads:

Okay so I'm a Platinum Miss Fortune One Trick... and I've been maining MF since the Impure Shots days (I kinda miss stacking over 200 bonus magic dmg on hit against things like baron) but the love tap changes grew on me with builds like Essence Reaver straight into I.E... beefing up love tap dmg and relying on my W scaling for decent attack speed.

But it wasn't until all that nifty Korean theorycrafting discovered armor pen is actually good (as a wow warrior arena master I've been saying it all along!) that I really felt strong on MF like the olden days.

Ghostblade into Duskblade has been so empowering... and I go as far as building a B.Cleaver 3rd item to make her utly feel like true dmg.

I've reaaally enjoyed being able to play viable builds with 0% Crit... RNG (random number generation) no longer rules my trades and I always know how much dmg I can do. Sure I might pick up a PD later on but usually I prefer to opt into some defensive items like Sterak's, Maw, or GA and lifesteal.

I heard ghostcrawler talk about how you guys intend to make Ghostblade weaker for RANGED champions... and my question is to Riot... if you guys do this will you do something in return to compensate marksmen? If your going to lure me away from stacking armor pen can I at least get 5 more AD on I.E. or something like that? I feel like I've found real diversity in build paths for Marksmen but here you guys are taking it away from me... I think its really cool I build completely differently when playing Ezreal or Lucian or Caitlyn. But your attempt to balance GB might put everyone back into the crit multiplier trap...

If you can't give something back to marksmen I guess you could always Buff MF :)

8 Comments

Nahui9/5/2016, 2:00:58 AM6 votes

I was unaware marksmen needed compensation for an item never intended for them.

Succubús GF9/5/2016, 2:00:13 AM3 votes

Oh please, mf has had a ton of buffs anyways, she can go be unplayable for all i care with that melting an entire family of 30 ult

Elite4Runner9/5/2016, 2:06:22 AM3 votes

Your additional utility is safety.

Armor pen is actually meant to be more of a benefit for assassins and fighters to reward them for being up close and to make their trades have more impact.

AD marksmen shouldn't need this because they can poke, kite, and rely on cc/peel from teammates.

Astôlfo9/5/2016, 2:19:45 AM3 votes

lolno.

ADCs abusing items they should never have been able to use in the first place is something that should be fixed. Why on earth should they get any compensation?

Critmaster Garen9/5/2016, 2:45:24 AM1 votes

still waiting for them to nerf cleaver for ranged champs specifically aswell.

Narvuntien9/5/2016, 3:31:23 AM1 votes

I personally like the ArPen build as well. I like that there is a different way to build ADC champions and not just herp derp IE, PD etc. like it was for a long time.

Right now we basically have 3-4 classes of ADC. ArPen Caster, AD+Hurricane+Crit long range AD, and AS+On hit. Then the other class, with Ez and Sivir and other variants.

I want this build to still be an option, it has made underplayed ADCs like MF the chance to be played.