Best feature of Dawngate: Combine AP and AD
So I've been getting into Dawngate lately, and there are a ton of features that breathe new life into the MOBA genre for me. Foremost among these is their power stat. Dawngate endeavors to simplify and streamline a lot of antiquated features that persist since the early DOTA days, including combining the 11 or so attributes from LoL into about 6 attributes. I am here only to praise the virtues of combining the damage stats. Here are the reasons:
- All items are now useful for all champs (increases build choice immensely)
Every thought that it would be cool to have Zonia's stasis on your ad carry? Well, if ad and ap were combined, it's now viable. Are you an ap tank stacking health and looking for a bit more bang out of your abilities? Atma's is now actually useful for you.
- Older champs with half ad progression and half ap progression for ability damage can feel like all skills are useful/synergize
It seems like the majority of champs coming out scale on wither ap or ad with their abilities. This makes older champs that are split between the two feel totally outdated. When I first started I loved Pantheon, but it always struck me as odd that his stun and ult were ap progressions. I also loved playing AD Malphite, but again felt handicapped by those ap progressions.
If champs want to focus on building damage, why limit which items they can buy and abilities they can use? It's not an intuitive nor a fun limitation and doesn't add any real value. Riot, I love your champs and am very fond of LoL, but I want to feel like I have more choice in how I build my champs. Please consider combining AP and AD.