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A Simple way to stop Spellthief's line Mid Lane abuse cases

Winterwings·10/6/2017, 9:05:49 AM·2 votes·643 views

Historically speaking, Spellthief's line has been pretty vulnerable to Mid lane poaching since release, and even today i see some mid laners use (abuse) it due to it's cost efficient nature and good stats for mid lane mages.

With the most recent buff on PBE (AP up from 5 -> 10 on Spellthief's Edge) i've been thinking about how we could put a end to mid lane abuse without nerfing the item for it's intended users, bot lane supports that intend to poke in lane.

We could make the Tribute passive only gain charges as long as there is a allied Champion within proximity of the user (1600 ~ 2000 units radius)... since Mid lane is a solo lane they would no longer be able to make use of the item (stats alone wouldn't make it as worth it) while keeping supports that want to make use of it mostly intact, only really feeling this change when they roam away from their lane...

In compensation, something could be done with charge generation/gold gain/damage to give it a bit of a "oomph" to compete with Coin's absurd gold generation without needing to resort to stat buffs such as this current PBE one... I can't speak for Relic Shield line, sorry tank support mains...

Thoughts and opinions are welcome.

9 Comments

GinoSoldier10/6/2017, 9:21:43 AM1 votes

Wouldn't work very well; By the time a midlaner builds FQC, lane phase is bound to be almost over, meaning they'll likely almost always have someone close by. Before then, the champion won't be able to proc the gold efficiently anyway because they're supposed to farm.

Ahris10/6/2017, 5:29:15 PM1 votes

I mean it is no problem mages use spell theif(adc use relic sheild), the problem is mostly because of Cassopea. She is wayyyy too strong and spell thief will make her more broken since it works well with her kit already.

AlienPrimate10/6/2017, 5:33:57 PM1 votes

Or we can just let them build it. It isn't like mages give up nothing to get it. The item has only 60 AP with no defensive stats. For 400 more gold you can get Rylai's which has a slow, 15 more AP, and 300 health. The health alone on Rylai's is worth 800 gold.

ARAM ZooKeeper10/6/2017, 5:34:47 PM1 votes

What benefit does a mid mage get taking spelltheif? Doesn't that item only give you gold if you aren't farming? And isn't that much less gold than you would get farming?