Proposition to fix Rageblade: Remove the AP on it

chipndip1·Feb 24, 2017·1 votes·539 views

Rageblade is kept from being a good item on most champs because it packs unnecessary AP on it so that Kayle/Teemo(?) can use it. I think that's a lousy way to do things. Remove the ap so it's better for the significantly larger amount of AD champs that want this item, and some time in the future we can address champs that want AS + AP stats by either removing that as a concept or actually supplying more items for that. For now, we can do more good for more champs by removing the unnecessary AP on Rageblade and balancing accordingly.

11 Comments

JustJaysonFeb 24, 20171 votes

Not sure they will do that. It has always been an item designed for hybrid builds. Changing it in your suggestion sounds too similar to ravenous hydra or titanic hydra. That item already exists for tanks and melee ad carries. Ranged adc have hurricane they can build if they want the aoe effect that rageblade can offer.

chipndip1Feb 24, 20171 votes

Hydra items aren't for carries more than they're for high damage assassins/Riven/jugs. How is it similar in application?

And this isn't just for ranged carries. It's for any attack speed carry...ranged or melee. It's just unnecessary to have AP eat up its power budget. No one's using mixed damage these days...or rather barely anyone.

Side note: Rageblade doesn't have an aoe. It has Phantom Hit.

deoje299Feb 24, 20171 votes

It used to have an aoe until 6.9

chipndip1Feb 24, 20171 votes

That doesn't change the fact...

deoje299Feb 24, 20171 votes

Of course it doesn't, just saying

RebonackFeb 24, 20171 votes

Rageblade is a hybrid item. It has to be a hybrid item to prevent Vayne from buying it.

chipndip1Feb 24, 20171 votes

That's smart: We design items so champs DON'T build them. We design items so they just sit there looking pretty while everyone picks different items because the item is garbage.

What type of logic is that?

RebonackFeb 24, 20171 votes

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That's smart: We design items so champs DON'T build them. We design items so they just sit there looking pretty while everyone picks different items because the item is garbage.

What type of logic is that?

It seems strange to you that Riot would want to make certain item passives unavailable to certain champions by giving the item stats they aren't interested in?

chipndip1Feb 24, 20171 votes

Read the thread and try again: NO ONE thinks Rageblade is good to build except Kayle mains. There's a difference between having an audience and having NO audience. The item would be significantly more useful if it had its power re-allocated.

RebonackFeb 24, 20171 votes

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Read the thread and try again: NO ONE thinks Rageblade is good to build except Kayle mains. There's a difference between having an audience and having NO audience. The item would be significantly more useful if it had its power re-allocated.

Rageblade has always been a super-niche item except when it's so insanely stat-efficient that the AP (or AD) doesn't matter. That's the nature of hybrid items in general. There are two of them in the game and that's fine, they do their job.

Who are you wanting to build it on?