Why does Seraph's embrace have such a huge cooldown compared to blood thirster?

xxxMadLionxxx·Apr 24, 2018·1 votes·653 views

Lets just compare the items shields for just a second.

has a huge 120 second cooldown until next activation. life steal through minions until health is maxed in order to get shield. No internal cooldown.

shield last only for a mere 2 seconds. shield last until damage is taken.

has to to be fully stacked in order to gain shield. shield available upon purchase

shield uses 15% current mana. no resource needed.

Honestly, if was an AD item just for argument sake, I'd bet it would have a 30 second cooldown, uses no mana and lasted more than 2 seconds.

6 Comments

Big LincolnApr 24, 20184 votes

because its bigger and mages who buy seraph get more damage out of it than the usual BT buyers

also doesn't require you to be full HP to get

also BT shield isn't permanent and decays over a (generous) amount of time

(also 20% cdr vs 0)

FOR JUSTICEApr 24, 20183 votes

to be fair, unlike bloodthirster there isn't a cap on how big the shield can get, and you can increase its size based on other items, and its instant cast when you actually need it, ad champs have to semi stack it [the shield] first.

xxxMadLionxxxApr 24, 20182 votes

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to be fair, unlike bloodthirster there isn't a cap on how big the shield can get, and you can increase its size based on other items, and its instant cast when you actually need it, ad champs have to semi stack it [the shield] first.

Most champs can easily stack it going into to battle

FOR JUSTICEApr 24, 20182 votes

true, but the main point being that while both require stacking, bloodthirster requires stacking each fight, seraphs only needs the initial stacking from its predecessor

iPooUnicornsApr 24, 20181 votes

Because nobody buys Bloodthirster anymore

NemeBroApr 24, 20181 votes

You forgot to mention the part where Seraph's is built on champions typically longer ranged than bloodthirster, and that it also gives a huge amount of mana and 40% CDR, as well as top-tier AP values considering its passive.

The item is 140$ cost effective by itself. A bloodthirster with a fully stacked shield is only 120%.