I hope in preseason flat armour pen is replaced with %base armour pen for AD assassins

BloodyTompon·9/12/2016, 1:13:16 PM·1 votes·605 views

Title. % base armour pen is a better fit for assassins and alleviates several of the assassins problems. It reduces feast or famine by allowing a behind in gold/levels case to still be successful (as it scales on the opponent). It makes the ahead case less egregious. It makes squishy targets that buy little armour the optimal targets. It makes itemisation a more realistic form of counterplay, albeit with tradeoffs. Easier to understand and more intuitive than the mildly complicated flat and %bonus pen interaction. (e.g, 50% base + 50% bonus = 50% total) Kills flat pen ADC builds. Doesn't make flat pen builds melee only. Others?

7 Comments

Ralanr9/12/2016, 1:17:57 PM1 votes

How does %armor pen make targets with less armor more optimal targets then just flat armor pen? % works better the more there is, so it is more effective on stackers.

Elite4Runner9/12/2016, 1:21:03 PM1 votes

I like this actually, but there is one notable exception to the rule which would be a problem.

Thresh Level 1 = 16 base armor Level 18 = 16 base armor

Granted this will still cut into his base armor, but this stat will have a considerably weaker effect on him at ALL levels.