Would you want to see more items shifted to % base AD?

Big Lincoln·Feb 12, 2017·8 votes·591 views

be a great way to dissuade assassins/ADCs from picking up bruiser/jugg items

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Illâoi Evê SiônFeb 12, 20172 votes

They'd have to standardize Spellblade first and maybe make base Attack Damage 'tiers', but yeah it would be great.

ParoeFeb 12, 20171 votes

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They'd have to standardize Spellblade first and maybe make base Attack Damage 'tiers', but yeah it would be great.

I dont see why. Most bruisers get 300AD, most fighters dont care.

Remember, fighters are AD/hp, bruisers are HP/ad. If black cleaver were 25% increased base attack damage instead of raw AD, that would be cool. I mean, 154 base AD is only 77 from 50%. thats 241 total "base AD".

Now, making that base AD ACTUAL base AD and not bonus AD that also counts as base AD would make this balanced.

Big LincolnFeb 12, 20171 votes

base AD items like Sterak's raise your sheen damage, is what they're saying

i.e you can build Triforce and then stack multiple sterak's and your sheen procs will hit ridiculously hard; having more than one item that contributes to that sort of sheen damage might make it an issue if sheen isn't adjusted or standardized

ParoeFeb 12, 20171 votes

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base AD items like Sterak's raise your sheen damage, is what they're saying

i.e you can build Triforce and then stack multiple sterak's and your sheen procs will hit ridiculously hard; having more than one item that contributes to that sort of sheen damage might make it an issue if sheen isn't adjusted or standardized

I mean, i guess? I dont think it would matter though, considering base AD rises over the course of the game and if youre level 18 when everyone else is level 11 theres more than one problem going on and youd be exploding people regardless.

Big LincolnFeb 12, 20171 votes

What I mean is something like

say item 3071 item 3748 became items that only give you base AD to enforce it on juggernauts, just hypothetically.

but then these items are still really good on any item 3078 user, because now they'll be able to build item 3053 item 3748 for really strong Sheen procs (keep in mind; Triforce will double any base AD you get with the sheen proc; Sterak's AD bonus also doubles when the shield activates) so it'll actually be doing a LOT more damage and might make champions like Hecarim extremely annoying, even if they can't translate the base AD into useful damage outside of the Sheen synergy