So what is going on with frostqueen's line?

manbearswine··3 votes·758 views

I mean aside from being mostly overshadowed by coin line,what is it even aimed at?

I mean in theory you're supposed to have three archetypes of supports: Tank supports: for which face of the mountain is intended. Utility/sustain supports: for which coin line is intended. Poke supports: for which frost queen's line is intended.

Which all sounds great on paper until you remember that poke and utility/sustain supports are the same champions,hell,even soraka now needs to trade with her q to keep up her healing,I mean I guess you could say the item exists so that nami would buy it early,then sell it for coin later,but is that really something an item line should exist for?

So I guess mage supports(that is things which are less focused on shields/heals and more on damage) come to mind,which are things like annie/zyra/brand/velkoz,yet every time they are mentioned people seem to say that they should "go back to mid lane where they belong"(or in the case of annie the boards seem to want her to just go to hell instead) and riot hasn't been doing much to make them serious picks either(so I'm guessing they agree with that) hell,the only "mage support" which is a serious pick right now in competitive is annie,and even she just get's coin nearly 100% of the time( http://lol.esportspedia.com/wiki/annie/Match_History ).

What is this item even for,some strange trap for new players? Or is it really something for nami/sona to buy before selling it to get coin?

4 Comments

ZephyrDrake1 votes

item 3303 is great item, never upgrade it and sell it when you need the extra slot for something better late game

/thread

BigBearBoí1 votes

Sona says hi!

(but I also get it on Bard, and yes, fully upgrade it in mid game)

Very Hard Engage1 votes

i get it all the time on morgana and zyra, and should i play lulu ill get it too. mostly because i do value the damage and the slow to stay on them or to really promote the "all in" moments where i need the damage/slow moreso than the coin speed up.

i have to say though, coin is just better for most others, and mountain for those "omg, adc threw himself out of position, need to pull his butt out of the fire..... AGAIN!"

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