Why are crits in the game instead of an increase to sustained damage?

Genericke·Dec 6, 2014·2 votes·256 views

Getting rid of RNG is something riot strives for. We saw the 4% increase to crit chance mastery being removed to prevent early game lanes from swinging because of one lucky crit.

I like crits and find them fun, but at a competitive level I don't see why they remain in the game. Infinity edge has only a 25% crit chance, and if a marksman gets two lucky crits in a row on that thing, they might win an engagement/duel that they might not have otherwise.

What do crits add to the game? And why have this RNG in there instead of a linear increase in damage output?

1 Comments

Hullabaloo907Dec 7, 20141 votes

crits having an rng forces you to build attack speed to take full advantage of it. If a predictable system was put in place, ad castors would abuse it.