is Magical footwear bad or am i imagining things?

only zhule··1 votes·5,668 views

So i'm looking at this thing and all i can think about is just how weak it is. The rune basically gives you +10ms and 350 gold at the ten minute mark. There seem to be no long term uses, and often you are going to want boots way before then. Who is this suppose to be for? The character that expects to be bullied out of CS? The character who expects to get like 4 kills super early?

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zecastar5 votes

it's not bad at all if you value mobility

it's also good when you're playing a champion who wants to rush an item like RoA or Tear

BlackFlux1 votes

I assume champs capable of a safe escape,like a dash or MS buff,or can simply ignore the enemy. something like Malphite Rammus being the main ones capable

Illâoi Evê Siôn1 votes

You get it 30 seconds earlier for every takedown, too.

ModKnightsKemplar1 votes

Agree with zecastar here. I also love it on supports; free items are really good on supports since they have limited gold income.

And yes, 10ms is pretty solid, and you forgot to mention that boot upgrade is cheaper when you have magical boots.

only zhule1 votes

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Agree with zecastar here. I also love it on supports; free items are really good on supports since they have limited gold income.

And yes, 10ms is pretty solid, and you forgot to mention that boot upgrade is cheaper when you have magical boots.

free boots (300 gold) + 50 gold off the upgrade (350 total). I get that it's useful on supports, but it feels like future's market is better. lose approximately 100-200 gold over the course of the game, in exchange for being able to buy items 2-3 mins sooner.

ModKnightsKemplar1 votes

ok fair point on the gold.

Yeah, future's market can be good, too, but you lose gold for it. I think, power-wise, they are probably pretty close to even (which was the whole idea), but I much prefer +10ms over having to pay extra for early items. It's a preference thing; League needed more of that and so I'm happy that some people like one over the other. That's a sign that it's working, imo.

Annoxis1 votes

It unlocks Predator sooner too and allows for some very early and easy gank.

NTrumpWeTrust1 votes

I take it on Taliyah because she is already pretty fast back to lane + moves faster on ground while IN the laning phase.

Jinzo Torrance1 votes

It's only bad on immobile champs who needs to buy boots early, like Malz.

EcchiOtakuTM1 votes

It gives you around 500g for free.(Shoes, Extra MS, and price reduction on upgrade all come to 470g worth)

It's only bad if you can't get them by 6-7 min mark vs a high damage enemy. Immobile champs need shoes before that 7min mark or else they could potentially be destroyed for 3-4minutes until they finally get it. Basically if it's the 7min mark and you still don't have them play safe until you do.

Mordepool1 votes

Mordekaiser. Actually since his 1st item is really expensive and that extra 10ms makes him just slightly slower than everyone else

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