So over the past 3 days I've noticed a trend that's been going on.

ApexInTheCircle·Jul 4, 2015·2 votes·738 views

I've seen Bruiser Graves, bruiser Ekko, and bruiser Akali. And all of them have out damaged/outkilled their full damage counterpart.

Is the dreaded league of bruisers back?

9 Comments

buster kitonJul 4, 20152 votes

Well, bruisers are supposed to beat full damage carries. All those of above that you've listed have enough burst to kill a squishy without going full damage, so overcapping that amount is irrelevant in 1 v1 situations. It's not that bruisers would suddenly be any more dominant, it's just that counterbuilding gives an advantage.

52847732_DELJul 4, 20151 votes

Yeah I'm guilty of this... I hated going full squishy because I kept getting CC'ed (you guessed it, league of tanks), so I built bruiser on Twitch, Garen, and Ekko and I'm doing far better than I would as a squishy.

ApexInTheCircleJul 4, 20152 votes

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Yeah I'm guilty of this... I hated going full squishy because I kept getting CC'ed (you guessed it, league of tanks), so I built bruiser on Twitch, Garen, and Ekko and I'm doing far better than I would as a squishy.

I mean, I don't have a problem with it at all. It makes for far more interesting team fights and longer engagements, but It's just funny to watch them outdamage their glass cannon counterparts. Kind of like world of warcraft, Gladiator stanced warriors who used a shield and one handed weapon and was tanky and dps at the same time completely out damage any and all ranged casters/dps classes. Makes no sense to me sometimes.

MLDzXnRRRJul 4, 20151 votes

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I mean, I don't have a problem with it at all. It makes for far more interesting team fights and longer engagements, but It's just funny to watch them outdamage their glass cannon counterparts. Kind of like world of warcraft, Gladiator stanced warriors who used a shield and one handed weapon and was tanky and dps at the same time completely out damage any and all ranged casters/dps classes. Makes no sense to me sometimes.

Glass cannon can't live to dps, you can go dps only vs new players who can't focus... or you have team with heals and cc + support items to get you out of bad situations...

IceKingChernobogJul 4, 20151 votes

bruiser twitch, um....can you give me details on his build and runes? Im very intrested in that

52847732_DELJul 4, 20151 votes

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bruiser twitch, um....can you give me details on his build and runes? Im very intrested in that

I used normal runes such as attack damage reds (for farming), all armor seals, and scaling magic resist. I use 21/9 masteries. I rush twitch with bork and runaan hurricane to proc the poison and build tank items later on so i can proc the poison longer. It's not the best build but its working for me at the moment.

3TWarriorJul 4, 20151 votes

it never left, but defense specialized carries are rare

if anything though, it has become the League of Lag ...can't even connect to the game sometimes now...

BluePolarizerJul 4, 20151 votes

Bruiser builds are much better for dueling than glass cannon builds because in a duel late game, anything can happen. Bruiser builds reduce the risk, while if your champ has enough base damage, you don't even need to build glass to destroy squishies. And for melees, bruiser builds are almost always superior than pure glass builds because you need to be able to take a few hits.

Per FavoreJul 4, 20151 votes

The full damage builds would be doing more damage if they had real peel in team fights (like they should get) and know how to position. The only reason they aren't out-damaging their bruiser counterpart is because they are dying too much