hunters potion should not have been removed

Ninjas Flossing·5/2/2019, 1:18:30 AM·18 votes·7,870 views

why remove such a wonderful item from the game, it helped prevent total crushing defeat from being counter-jungled, it gave champions with no sustain a way to keep up with the excessive jungle damage in certain places, and it helped champions that take a lot of damage from fights when ganking before going back into the jungle.

its removal just because its seldom-picked is actually stupid. if you thinks its underpowered reduce its cost by 50g dont remove it.

25 Comments

Slim Gragas5/2/2019, 2:28:53 AM14 votes

Is this something used in bronze and iron/blinds matches? Literally have never seen it used in a single ranked match in the past or present that i can think of.

Arsinik5/2/2019, 1:40:05 AM4 votes

Mage junglers are going to suffer a lot i feel like with it out.

theChibiTina5/2/2019, 2:49:27 AM3 votes

The only reason people see it used infrequently as of late is because the type of junglers you see using it (mostly hard farming junglers) got cucked by all the jungle xp nerfs. It's hard for them to do their job as late game team fighters when they can barely keep up in xp with their bot lane in the best of games. The jungle xp nerfs are why gank heavy junglers are so popular right now because you need to snowball your lanes since you won't be that useful late game. It's also why funnel strat is so powerful because it's the only way a late game jungler can get enough xp/gold to be able to get to their late game carry phase. Now with the removal of hunter's potion they are screwing over hard farm junglers even more.

The Highest Noon5/2/2019, 1:28:37 AM3 votes

It was the only potion I ever used in the jungle. It was reliable and added necessary amount of sustain to jungling. I feel so empty without it...

3ternalkarma5/2/2019, 11:43:21 AM2 votes

MEANWHILE item 3056

Original Sin5/2/2019, 6:43:32 AM2 votes

No one uses that shit item, just takes up space in the shop.

BlGFISH5/2/2019, 6:53:04 PM1 votes

Hunters potion was useless and if you absolutely needed it for jungling you are either playing a terrible jungler or need to work on how you are clearing.

The only time you take it is on Ornn jungle because he has the benefit of not needing to recall.

It was a crutch for bad junglers who aren't playing optimally. I literally only ever built it once when it first came out and never thought about building it again.

Fondling Gems5/2/2019, 9:52:35 PM1 votes

I love it on Taric jungle because the Mana regen means I can clear faster via spam and give blue buff to my mid without crippling myself.

For me it wasn't about the health but the mana.

SanKakU5/2/2019, 5:47:57 AM1 votes

I'm not sure if it should have been removed or not, but I would have removed item 1083 first because buying it is basically inting.

KirbyCake5/2/2019, 6:43:36 AM1 votes

it's a pretty decent nerf to junglers with no innate sustain.

I don't see how it's underpowered at all if you're buying refillable. It gives MORE sustain per gold than refillable....

Apostle of Light5/2/2019, 7:33:03 AM1 votes

To be honest I feel like it was a noob trap for people who don't know how to kite

General Matty5/2/2019, 12:22:06 PM1 votes

Wait they are removing Hunters potion? But that's like my core item for Ivern jg goddammit

IP Masquerena5/2/2019, 1:30:06 PM1 votes

I'll just copy paste my response from another thread.

Hunter's Potion was not only a noob trap that does little to nothing on anyone but Ornn, but it's also slowing you down and teaching you bad habits.

You see, if you know how to properly kite camps, heck, even decent is enough, you have enough sustain in the jungle to pretty much do with anything, and hell, I do love my usual offmeta junglers. So unless you go full bananas, you're good.

So not being needed unless you're bad is a good reason to remove it, as bad players need to learn to get better, and Hunter's doesn't teach the right things. A guy with Hunter's will not try to learn to kite better because he has the extra sustain, he will not try to learn to conserve his resources because he has the extra sustain, will waste mana and HP when it's not needed.

And once you learn to play in a bad way, it's gonna be hell to learn to play properly. So learning properly from the get go is better.

Removing an item that teaches bad players how be worse at the game should be removed.

And trust me, I speak from my own experience, as I used to love that item when I started LoL and I'm so glad to see it gone.