Any thoughts on the Maw of Malmortious Vs Zhonya's Hourglass item comparison?

TenebrisAngelus1··2 votes·1,114 views

Just wondering about what other players in the community think about this. I've been noticing that Maw is becoming a staple in most my Ad builds it just gives me so much especially as a Renekton, Yasuo, or Jayce. The passive, stats and buildpath are just delicious. I can deal all the damage I need to kill and survive most AP assassins combo just to walk away and farm my health back up to at least 50%. On the other hand when I play as a mage against an AD assassin I find myself crying in a corner holding up my measly seeker's armguard as I cower in fear of a Hexdrinker Zed or Talon. I can put my full rotation of spells, ignite proc thunderlords to watch them live and heal themselves right up. My questions to you fellas is "Is Maw slightly OP right now? or is Zhonya's weak? is this match up dependent? Is Zhonya's even a counter to AD assassins anymore? and what's your honest opinions on these two Items?"

6 Comments

KirbyCake2 votes

maw is just a far superior version of zhonyas hourglass, ap items are just terrible right now

fuffychan1 votes

Riot has always favored AD bruisers/assassins. They have ridiculous access to damage + defense items allowing them to stomp over mages with impunity.

VoraciousX1 votes

Maw just deletes AP assassins from the game right now. Zhonyas is pretty much only for ults that deal delayed damage imo now, and of course it's the only armor AP item, but meh. Try fighting against someone building Maw as Kat and you just don't feel like you can do anything. I've been building side amounts of AD so that my autos hurt as well against these guys, since your abilities still scale with AD as well, lol.

Lmao Get Mooned1 votes

Talon + Maw effectively counters every ap mid if you arent a complete ape.

IziMytTJd71 votes

Zhonya's was a casualty of Riot's war on AP. Negotiations for cease-fire have been unsuccessful. Currently there's no end in sight.

Off Meta Evan1 votes

the hourglass vs maw comparison is such a sad one, ESPECIALLY for someone like me who mains Kennen, maws existence alone makes laning against Riven a miserable experience as any ap. CDR, mr, and a bonus shield, on top of life steal. trying to burst down a riven with maw+merc treads is almost impossible and trying to kite her is another fruitless task due to it synergizing with her kit so well. they need to either give hourglass more ap, higher cdr, or even maybe mana cause let me tell you, not having a mana item on a mage is one of the most upsetting things. on top of that item existing, you throw in item 3814 item 3111 into the mix and things just get stacked against aps VERY quickly.

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