Maybe its just me...

GigglesO·May 4, 2017·3 votes·383 views

But damage is still high enough it doesn't really feel like I'm any tankier... If anything it feels like I need more items to be as tanky as I was before....

12 Comments

DoozkuMay 4, 20172 votes

Wait till they begin to overbuff tank items like they did lethality ;)

GigglesOMay 4, 20173 votes

Well I mean they were like, we are buffing tank items... we better add +5 damage to everything...

DoozkuMay 4, 20171 votes

They did nerf the armor pen of LW hard, expect that to come into play in really late game fights.

GigglesOMay 4, 20172 votes

but they buffed the %bonus damage...

DoozkuMay 4, 20171 votes

Yeah but it still wouldn't make up for the loss of armor pen. Especially since now you get more armor from your tank items instead of health. You will be negating a lot more of their damage.

Also the standard LW got nerfed as well.

GigglesOMay 4, 20171 votes

Health is lower though... and since armor is higher you get more armor pen per armor pen percentage...

DoozkuMay 4, 20171 votes

Armor is more valuable for mitigating damage than health for soaking it. There is less armor pen and more armor which means that Armor is going to be much stronger than before.

MyrkrvaldyrMay 4, 20172 votes

Same. However, one you hit full build or have 5 items you do notice the difference. I was malphite today in ARAM, I ate a MF's full ult, it barely tickled me. You do notice the difference but not early.

DoozkuMay 4, 20171 votes

Haven't played the update yet, but I would assume that's what would happen. Tanks will outscale everyone especially with the armor pen nerfs.

MyrkrvaldyrMay 4, 20171 votes

And I was still able to one shot her without building damage. I suspect these next patches are gonna be tough for ADCs. Though Vayne may live if she has good peel.

Volibear BossMay 4, 20171 votes

Not even with the new gargoyles item?

Sir FuzziMay 4, 20171 votes

Remember old Runic Bulwark that gave both defenses on an aura?

Pretty soon, League's going to have to classify item slots-- one boot, one main offense, two utility and two defense. The whole like, Wile E Coyote style of balance where they're constantly ignoring the problem (that the fundamentals of the game are askew) just leads to a gameplay pattern where builds become linear or irrelevant.