The AP update is another step in the wrong direction

Blåbæret·Feb 7, 2018·3 votes·329 views

Less AP on items
Price increases
Deathcap price still makes it nigh impossible to get
Void staff nerf with no compensation elsewhere
Lost chapter nerf making laning vs. resourcless champions even harder
Liandry's lost its penetration

What exactly is the point of this update? Lmao. It's all-around just nerfs no matter how you look at it. Meanwhile nothing's being done about ADC itemization.

Honestly guys, I'm done. This balance team or whoever's making these changes have no idea what they're doing.

9 Comments

JackMcSnipeyzFeb 7, 20185 votes

-rabbadons was buffed -liandry's got a new passive that multiplies Magic damage -Liandry's got it's passive changed from 2% current health to TOTAL health. -morello's got a niche of anti sustain magic pen, with grevious wounds with no limitation and 15 flat magic pen they moved from liandry's AND bonus health. -reintroduced twin shadows with one of the cheapest builds -much more mana and CD on almost every item. -Frozen mallet nerfed for all ranged champions

But sure, lets just note what was removed and hide what was gained, that's how meaningful discussions are formed, by manipulating details to your own bias.

Diamond2KappaFeb 7, 20182 votes

rabadons kek liandrys lost magic pen morello is a worse liandrys now Pretty much nothing is as strong as Morello + Liandrys right now, this isnt what ap itemization needed lul

JackMcSnipeyzFeb 7, 20181 votes

Liandrys is not tank buster item and not a weird combination of flat and % damage. It also got a tacked on abysall mask passive. Morello go a clear goal as anti sustain flat magic pen item and is not a must buy item. You got a new 100 AP item with an active that boosts to 150 AP.

You got mana and CD up the ass now, making seraph and transendence much much more effective. And even tho you say kek rabadon's buff is still a buff.

But yea, poor you lost so much

Diamond2KappaFeb 7, 20182 votes

Liandrys has to ramp up over 5 seconds, who is gonna build it besides like Swain and other tank mages? Morello being weaker and not a must buy item doesnt mean its better for ap champs. Spellbound also seems bad on most champs that dont want the move speed. What is 50 ap on a 60 second cooldown when you fully stacked it? 150 damage if you scale well? And who really needs more mana than you already have/builds Tear? If anything this breaks Ryze again.

JackMcSnipeyzFeb 7, 20181 votes

Plenty sustained damage mages can ramp up that damage. Or do Brand, Anivia, Zyra, Cass, Azir Karthus dont count? Oh you just dont play them so they dont count, okay

Morello isnt weaker, it changed it's role from being a must buy to being made to counter healing (which you guys complain about) and dealing with squishies, great against marksman, the added health is pure bonus.

Spellbound has one of the highest AP on an item with a powerspike active, movespeed which a lot of magss lack, and it seems useless to you?

Who needs more mana? Champs like Ryze, Cass, Anivia? Karthus? Anyone who stacks tear and benefits from large mana pool which directly ties to their AP with tear??