Why is no one abusing storm razor on garen

Summoner SpeII·12/6/2019, 3:22:30 AM·2 votes·2,373 views

I tried it out and it seems so busted, I 1 shot squishies almost instantly, though I would only rush it if I'm in a poke lane, because it's build components are too weak to make it a good first item into champions like darius, I would build it 2nd after triforce or black cleaver in those lanes.

Storm razor gives everything garen wants, a slow on his q, crit damage on his e, more spins with attack speed, and more damage.

If u are doubting me, just try it one game, and u'll see what im talking about. Instant death to squishies.

5 Comments

Zeppelins circus12/6/2019, 3:36:42 AM2 votes

Well we know cleaver is a "efficient core item", but this might be some secret build that has potential. Experimenting is one of the few actual fun we get from this game. Keep it up.

ThisName1sDumb12/6/2019, 3:41:41 AM2 votes

It really is quite good. Especially next patch if the nerfs go through I think I'll be building it pretty often, because of the way it's going to line up. They're changing him to get a spin with each 25% AS instead of 20%, and Berserker Greaves + Stormrazor give you exactly 50% AS, so 2 spins. A build like Trinity > Berserker's > SR > Sterak's > Tank items could be really good. At level 18 it would give +152% AS, so just over 6 extra spins. Even though the nerfs will be pretty annoying, I think a build like this should make it not hurt too much.

Also, it's not that no one is abusing stormrazor, it's that only about 5% of Garen players are.

MordridtheBlack12/6/2019, 8:19:02 PM1 votes

probably because stormrazor is rather situational on adcs at best

on a garen it is a weird off-meta item, even with how things have changed for him

DeathBurst12/6/2019, 8:28:20 PM1 votes

Two options:

  • Either it's actually good and the meta simply hasn't catch up yet. Remember that disseminating information takes time and that the change to Stormrazor is only a patch old. ;)
  • Or it's good, but still-not-as-good-as Triforce/Phantom Dancer, and Garen rarely go for more than 2 offensive items, so there's no room for Stormrazor.

But yeah, I'm definitely gonna try Stormrazor myself sometimes.

Daddy Ants12/9/2019, 7:45:04 PM1 votes

Stormrazor is only 15% Attack Speed.

It doesn't even add 1 spin...

Right now in 9.23 he gets 1 extra spin per 20% attack speed