Changing the Abyssal will harm melee and short ranged AP champs ( mid lane mostly )

ƒrostγ·4/24/2017, 11:58:34 PM·1 votes·461 views

As a Lissandra and Vlad player, I usually buy negatron cloak against a burstmage or AP assassin. Now that's no longer a viable thing to do, because the negatron cloak will be useless, as you don't want to buy the Abyssal anymore and the new Banshee's Veil buildpath is different ( you can only get 25 mr from the components instead of 40 like in the Abyssal's case )

You'll also lose a good chunk of your damage ( in lategame mostly ) because you'll no longer have the 10% bonus magic damage from abyssal.

10 Comments

TheGrot4/25/2017, 12:00:39 AM1 votes

Read my post that came just before this one. Yes, the abyssal change is bad, but not for those reasons. The being able to buy negatron for a flat 720 gold and not take damage anymore was pretty toxic to be fair, so it makes sense that they would remove that. However, the other changes are pretty bad.

Pippen The Short4/25/2017, 12:12:59 AM1 votes

Seems like a fair trade off to me. You get a first hit barrier, which is super crucial for mages in countering assassins, plus damage. It also makes Abyssal a legit tank/off-tank item for the front line champs who are typically closer to the enemy.