Essence Reaver better than I.E??????? (Draven)

Milky Pie·Oct 1, 2017·1 votes·959 views

I did some testing with draven AA’s and compared the damage from just an essence reaver to just an I.E Axe Damage (both): 168 Essence crit(no axe): 196 I.E crit (no Axe): 245 Essence crit (w axe): 267 I.E crit (w axe): 316 So my theory is with 30% cool down reduction (need one crit attack speed item) you can indefinitely have two axes spinning and you can spam Blood rush. Going essence reaver does not do as much damage but allows consisant damage with always spinning axes and is safer. So tell me why I.E with one crit attack speed item is better than essence reaver with one crit attack speed item on Draven

Test: Standard AD runes Level 18 on practice tool (fully upgraded abilities) Attacked test dummy (100 Armor) Tested with just I.E and Phantom dancer Tested with Essence and Phantom dancer

8 Comments

Darkdemon653Oct 1, 20171 votes

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So my theory is with 30% cool down reduction (need one crit attack speed item) you can indefinitely have two axes spinning and you can spam Blood rush.

That happens with 0% CDR, too.

Rick YiordanOct 1, 20171 votes

ie is better because if you are at least a competent draven you wont drop axes 90% of the time and still have enough mana to spam w

CrabPeopleReformOct 1, 20171 votes

dude i've seen streams of the best draven players building ie too as third item it is need in tf where you'll drop axes even if you are a good draven player

Rick YiordanOct 1, 20171 votes

the reason why you get ie in early game as first crit item is because

you will usually be stomping lane as draven, so getting ie means your crits will hurt more and since the enemy will usually be behind the extra damage will help a lot
essence reaver's mana passive is essentially useless in laning phase because the mana you use during that time is extremely small because most of the time you will be shoving lane, catching axes 24/7, and forcing the enemy to miss out on cs. this means you use very little mana during laning phase since they wont be able to compete with your damage

the reason why you build essence reaver after ie and pd is because that's when teamfights are happening often and you will for sure be spamming w throughout the game after that

tell me, why tf do you need cdr and mana regen so early when you use such a small amount of mana and basically only press q twice?

CrabPeopleReformOct 4, 20171 votes

yes they do not get it early game that is what i meant it is for late game

Rick YiordanOct 5, 20171 votes

the topic in question is discussing if essence reaver > ie in early game buddy