Maybe there's a happy medium to the top lane cinderhulk issue?
Since items like
exist to multiply dps to an extend, what if there was a tanking item for laners that did something similar?
Obviously, due to HP values (400 hp from spirit visage, for instance, compared to 120 AP from deathcap), a 25% boost to high numbers is way too powerful for a laning item that doesn't require sacrificing a summoner spell for smite or the income of a jungler, so what if we had a toned down version of cinderhulk that isn't sunfire's cape? I'm thinking about an item with a 10% hp boost, which isn't too overbearing and only really benefits champions that stack health in the top lane, and can easily be countered with
as leverage.
I'm interested in strategic diversity, but the community has been voicing their concerns. That was just my idea, and probably a heavily flawed one, but I want to hear you guys. Maybe cinderhulk needs another lovetap to keep from being overbearing, but is there a way we can give tanky top laners a little power, a little sweet deal, without making them too powerful and overbearing? Is there a way for both sides to win here, with a little debate and brainstorming?
) offer a solid chunk of armor, and running HP heavy builds without armor/MR is the same basic derp as running AD heavy builds without Crit or %Armor Pen.
may seem pretty unimpressive in Rift, but it actually got disabled in Treelines, Dominion, and Abyss due to it's capacity to drag on a game into overtime and be a solid purchase on pretty much everyone in those modes for some anti fast-paced, late-game strats.