What's with Riot just removing mechanics recently?

DynamiteGazelle·Jul 9, 2015·1 votes·418 views

Spell vamp?

No thanks. Ax it!

Grevious wounds?

Nah. Outta here!

Armor penetration?

Meh. Cya!

....................balance is hard

4 Comments

ErockandrollJul 9, 20151 votes

Keep in mind that spell vamp, is getting replaced with the true blood passive. Which sounds like a good idea, except minions have no MR. So it's actual healing buff is only against enemy champions. Regardless of MR. More effective against tanks. And more powerful in the hands of Duelists.

Grevious wounds? Come back when Morello's stops being popular.

Armor pen? And were ultimately talking Early game Armor pen though Bruitalizer. The thing about that is that it's inevitably better against people who don't already stack Armor. (Another thing for Glass cannons to whine about). And if you Really are looking for the item for said Early game Armor pen, then do you really need 32 varieties of it?

DynamiteGazelleJul 9, 20151 votes

I know it's getting replaced, but they're still removing spell vamp is the bottom line. I'm just hoping they replace it with another mechanic that makes it worthwhile (not talking about WoTA specifically, just overall mechanics)

I know Morello's still has it, but they're still reducing the number of things in the game that have GW. I think we're down to 4 now? It's obvious that they just don't want to deal with it as a mechanic, but it looks like they're gunna remove it and replace it with nothing. Yeah, it may make it easier to balance heals and whatnot, but it does reduce the strategic depth of the game, which was my point overall in this thread.

No, we don't need 32 varieties of armor pen, but maybe more than 2 would be nice. And 1 of the only things that grants flat pen in the game now is a niche item (yomuu's).

I understand that they're changing up a lot of the items and mechanics recently, but since us plebs don't know what riot plans for the future gameplay-wise it's hard to see all these removals as anything other than a loss of strategic depth.

imho

LarasoJul 9, 20151 votes

Everybody forgets item 3146 even exists

DynamiteGazelleJul 9, 20151 votes

I know it exists, but I'm just saying that they're reducing the number of items that have all these stats I listed. It's just weird that they're getting rid of mechanics to me. It's only a matter of time before the gunblade is changed too, mark my words..