Runaan's and hydra

Malphas Marx·5/9/2015, 5:58:52 PM·2 votes·755 views

I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that runaan's is an incredibly niche item, mostly because of the damage you lose in getting it and there are so many better attack speed items for ranged adcs, on the other hand, lifesteal items are in short supply and variety due to the fact that hydra is really just a melee item only and all that leaves is a support item, a crappy bloodthirster knockoff that you shouldn't need if you're good with mana, the genuine article, and the tank buster. Also I can think of a lot of melee champs that would enjoy the benefits of runaan's attack speed boons alone, and it's just the passive they're missing out on. So, if I could propose something, we could give passives for melee and ranged champions for each of the two items so that there is more variety for each type of character, they could be very different, possibly even weaker or stronger that the original passives, I just want to feel like the option is there for anyone interested. After all, melee attack speed seems a touch difficult to get without going full-on damage or it's just not that good of an item in the first place to get in my experienceitem 3091

6 Comments

Marthian5/9/2015, 9:26:51 PM2 votes

Hydra is definitely not a niche item (I see bruisers with it all the time)

Runaan's is a niche item, but has since been made essentially core on Kalista. I think both items are in a good spot right now. If you want more attack speed as bruiser, you are giving up tankiness as it is.

50000000000000005/9/2015, 6:02:32 PM1 votes

New hydra + Runaan's + Jinx Q Even more massive AoE that can crit AND benefit from lifesteal

FantasySniper5/9/2015, 6:33:35 PM1 votes

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hydra is really just a melee item only and all that leaves is a support item

Wait wat