For those who complain about lethality

Ventace·Oct 17, 2019·3 votes·1,031 views

Did you know that all 3 lethality items gives 57 Armor Pen at max level?

For fighters/bruisers/tanks, ONE armor/health item (Sunfire, Thornmail, Randuins) more than cancels out THREE ITEMS worth of armor pen.

If you're a mage or ADC, tough luck, Zhonya's and GA don't 'quite' cancel out all 3 items worth of armor pen. But they do cancel out more than 2. Throw in the fact that they have the biggest survivability buffers in the game, there isn't 'much' to complain about.

If you're still getting bursted, really consider Tabi boots over Berserkers. Low damage is more damage than no damage.

Also, if an enemy AD assassin is tearing up your game and you think they'll oneshot you, then even as an ADC you SHOULD consider a full-tank item like Thornmail.

14 Comments

MrFawknSunshineOct 17, 20194 votes

why tornmail? that is situational item vs auto attackers

assassins arent autoing you to death

NaughtyWordOct 17, 20191 votes

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why tornmail? that is situational item vs auto attackers

assassins arent autoing you to death

This.

It changes nothing the fact that virtually all assassins are too damn safe and need to be nerfed.

Nidalee is the standard all assassins should meet. No escapes, no cc, and if you misplay you get melted.

MrFawknSunshineOct 17, 20191 votes

nid isnt an assassin

NaughtyWordOct 17, 20191 votes

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nid isnt an assassin

Yes she is, now be quiet, adults are talking.

https://imgur.com/a/YK6ttAZ

MrFawknSunshineOct 17, 20191 votes

hmm could of sworn she was a diver not an assassin like DIANA

RagnaveilOct 17, 20191 votes

Divers double tip. There are fighter divers, and assassin divers. Diana is an assassin diver because her general kit sucks if you try to build her like a fighter.

MrFawknSunshineOct 17, 20191 votes

yea i just looked it up cuz i wasnt sure about nid

she is actually listed as a specialist /aka unique

Edge of DaybreakOct 17, 20191 votes

No escapes on the girl who has entire videos devoted to her escape options?

NaughtyWordOct 17, 20191 votes

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No escapes on the girl who has entire videos devoted to her escape options?

I want to see the video of Nidalee teleporting across the screen.

Edge of DaybreakOct 17, 20191 votes

Oh escapes are now classified as teleporting across the screen well with logic like that most actual assassins don't have escapes.

MrFawknSunshineOct 17, 20192 votes

to me it makes sense if you are facing an ad assassin maybe take the armor flex rune and then GA of course and if needed ninja tabs

that should be enough

WalkingInACircleOct 17, 20191 votes

...and a big pile of AD. They're double dipping damage items that also get utility and average price.

Duskblade also gets a big damage proc and needs a Nerf.

Zero ShingetsuOct 17, 20191 votes

I've done the math on this in another post.

Taking full Lethality build gives you roughly three times the damage you'd get from the same amount of AD without Lethality. The number looks small, but when you observe percentile effect, relevancy factor, peripheral actuation, prevalence delta, quantitative amalgamation... When you dig into the mathematics of it as deep as I have (which I don't expect average users to do, but I do expect Riot to do), you realize just how insanely impactful Lethality truly is.