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Noob Q; - Do i understand AS, MS, CDR right?

Freelaxx·12/4/2016, 5:31:17 PM·1 votes·2,893 views

FYI: Im Lv30 but havn't played for about 2 years and so much has changed compared to how i remembered it, or i rem it wrong... ... ...either way, i play like, and have knowledge like, a true noob. Is there a way to "in game" see my current AS, MS, CDR and so on? I try to calc it off/pre game to see how to build.

Q's about AS (Attack Speed):
Is the cap for AS 2,5 basic attacks per second, and for ALL champs, and is it a hard cap? If a champ has base AS: 0.625(+51,0%@Lv18) that means base AS ~ 0,94 @Lv18..? And if i (just for these test calcs) add this stuff;

  • Runes: 9 x Greater Mark of AS (1,7% AS)
  • Masteries: Fury Lv5 (4% AS)
  • Items: Nashor's Tooth (+50% AS), Dervish Blade (+50% AS), Statikk Shiv (+35% AS) All of these effects above apply on the base AS, right? So I ought to calc the AS for this Lv18 champ with this stuff like this: Lv18 AS: 0,94375 + 0,94375 x (9x1,7 + 4 + 50 + 50 + 35)% = 0,94375 + 1,45620 = ~ 2,4 attacks per second.

Q's about MS (Movement Speed):
I read that there's a soft MS cap at 415 where MS above 415 is reduced by 20 %, and above 490 is halved, is this right? Is there a hard cap? (I heard 2 champs on same team speeded up eachother to insane MS for a few seconds...) Most champs have a base MS around 335 and has about +45 MS from boots (before u've traded boots for "big stuff" in high Lv games) and about +5% MS (calc on base MS?) from some item (runes are not worth it?), and the "normal" MS with this would be calced; 335 + 45 + (335*5%) = ~ 395 MS
And the caps means using "Boots of Mobility" out of combat or activate Mercurial Scimitar auto-"soft-caps" MS..!? Everyone can use the "Ghost"-spell, does it ignore the cap or does it also auto-"soft-cap" MS? And does it stack with Boots of Mobility out of combat? (I dont wanna ruin the game for others by testing as a noob so does anyone know?) Also i wonder what movements/transports in the game ignore the MS caps? I know of the "obvious" ones: -"Teleport"-spell, "Void Rush", "Magical Journey" and dashes...

Q's about CDR (CoolDown Reduction):
Is the cap for CDR 40% for ALL champs no matter what item builds? Is it a hard cap or is there any kind of "wiggle room" besides;

  • Mastery: Intelligence (Lv5 = +5%)
  • Effects described in diff. champs abilities

I wanna point out that i have no problem with any of the above, i just want to understand...

Oh... ...and i've seen ppl here in the forum mention "skills"... Mostly it seems they refer to "Abilities", but sometimes it sounds like they mean "Masteries" (especially when they mention "skill points"), and on rare occations "Spells". Is there somethin' basic about "skills" i've misunderstood?

Thank you for any help!

6 Comments

Chamuel8512/4/2016, 5:47:47 PM3 votes

As of the revert on KogMaw the 2.5 AS is a hadr cap (his kit specifically broke it) There is no hard cap that I am aware of on Movement Speed. But you are right about the soft caps. 40% CDR is a hard cap with the exception that Cunning has a talent that bumps it up by 5% to 45% (and gives you 5% cdr to boot) as well as certain other kits refunding cooldowns (think Ezreal Q) or for base abilities (look at Sona's ult)

Sightless6612/5/2016, 12:54:54 AM1 votes

Q's about AS (Attack Speed):

Correct on everything.

Q's about MS (Movement Speed):

There are two soft caps and you are correct about where they activate. There are no hard caps on movement speed.

No movement speed boosts ignore the soft caps. If you're getting a movement speed boost, if will be affected by the caps. Dashes, blinks and other movement abilities don't use your movement speed, so any caps on movement speed are irrelevant to their functioning.

Q's about CDR (CoolDown Reduction):

40% is the cap. The only way around this is taking the CDR mastery, which increases the cap to 45%. There are no other ways around the CDR cap. Some champions will have individual ways to reduce their cooldowns, but they can still only benefit from buying up to 40% CDR.

Oh... ...and i've seen ppl here in the forum mention "skills"

Skills, spells, and abilities all mean the same thing. They are all different words for a champion's castable abilities. There is nothing people are talking about that you aren't getting.