Let's Try to Predict Every Champ That Hextech Belt Will Break

McKeifus··1 votes·1,110 views

At first thought...

Ekko - One more escape for everyone's favorite mobile weapons platform Blitzcrank - Strong R interaction, Flash -> R already very good. Now just 2-3 times as often. Plus Q->belt->R makes Blitz even more inescabable. Annie - No explanation required. Unless they nerf Tibbers. Alistar - Extra dash and crash. Belt-Q-W Fizz - Fizz really needs another way to avoid being damage, and another way to engage. Katarina - Her only counterplay was "stay far away"... Pantheon - Even harder to escape MasterYi - R-Belt-W, so even if your team is smart enough to stay out of the Red Circle of Doom, someone is gettin got. Lissandra - Extend that E range very nicely and add an extra AoE nuke into her combo Shaco - Just in case you messed up the backstab, Belt behind em and get a 2nd chance! Galio - Mega range on his ult. Poppy - Does she stop her own dash with W? Probably not. But she is the main counter to Belt shenanigans. Having an extra dash gets her so much position power for E.

To boot, all of these champions, exception Poppy, gain some benefit from AP. Pantheon is very little, and Yi only gains meditate, but the bonus dash might give them enough utility to make it worthwhile. I am sure I am missing some from the list, but this is an item that will be getting removed S7 for sure.

12 Comments

A Ocean2 votes

Good thing it silences you for .25 seconds after cast, so you can't use it for an instant Annie/Ryze combo.

Oh and Katarina is countered by every hard CC, nice try. If it's not an assassin and it doesn't have hard CC, don't play it mid.

Thank you for suggesting Pantheon, Blitzcrank (Flash R what), Shaco, Alistar and Yi. I had a good 5 minutes of laughing there.

McKeifus1 votes

Glorious. Good to know, actually. I haven't been on PBE because I don't have an account. The escape shenanigans will still be too stronk.

Ruin Lance1 votes

actually poppy has a pretty big AP ratio on her W

McKeifus1 votes

I don't consider that a benefit because if someone is bad enough to dash through my W I don't need extra Poppy damage to beat them. W is an armor boost and dash deterrent.

venomous frost1 votes

Galio

McKeifus1 votes

I thott about that, too. I'll add it.

Zorae421 votes

Ahri - Yet another dash Diana - Both for engage and disengage Leblanc - Ughhhhhhhhhhhh Ryze - What short cast range

McKeifus1 votes

Good point, but Ahri I think is catching everyone she's gonna catch.

WinBoat1 votes

You must be a Leblanc and Ahri main cause you completely left those two cancerous champions out.

Those two champions alone will abuse this item more than all the others, especially Leblanc.

Leblanc Ahri

Also... I think Azir Azir will be buffed a little using the rocket belt when he E's towards you, he can follow up with that AOE damage, then ult you wherever he wants you.

McKeifus1 votes

Forgot LB, good point. I don't know if Ahri will really be as affected because she is already catching anyone she can see lol.

And Azir ya, basically makes him AoE Poppy. Dash and R anyone anywhere.

OverpoweredSoap1 votes

I honestly do not feel like hextech belt will be good on LeBlanc.

The extra range is shit for her and it since it silences the caster after dashing with it, she can fuck up her combo using it.

LeBlanc would rather get more damage rather than waste her time building something that gives her a small dash, when she already has good enough mobility.

Not to mention health is odd on her anyways.

She'd much rather build Abyssal which gives AP, MR, CDR, and reduces enemy Magic Resist. (At least it did in the Taric PBE patch, if not then my apologizes)

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