Riot should probably hotfix Duskblade

Rins Thigh Socks·Jul 14, 2017·3 votes·873 views

The item is plowing through anyone who doesn't have armor faster than most of these champions could BEFORE the assassin rework.

Tarzaned is running it on Graves and killing people in an auto + R rotation New Dirk is giving Kha'Zix all of the non-isolated damage he lost last patch, Duskblade gives him significantly more and Jhin is back to lethality being the optimal build

I'm not opposed to giving weaker assassins buffs, since they seemed to need it, but in its current state this item is dirty.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/158583581 go to 1:18:10 for Tarzaned's first kill with Duskblade. It's nutty. 1:24:05 for an equally quick 100-0.

8 Comments

nm1010Jul 14, 20172 votes

11-2 level 14 graves vs level 9 Vayne, yeah that is real nutty how he did damage.

obsesseJul 14, 20171 votes

It got 3 lethality bro lmao

Rins Thigh SocksJul 14, 20172 votes

[{quoted}](name=Hestia Chan,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=dV2JMqXd,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2017-07-14T15:48:39.728+0000)

It got 3 lethality bro lmao

It got 3 lethality, lost 10 AD, and its passive changed from 75(2.0 lethality) true damage, which is about 105 damage if you pick it up as a first item

to 90+15 per level physical damage.

If you pick that up as a first item at around level 10 you're getting 240 damage off the passive.

Do you even patch notes?

obsesseJul 14, 20171 votes

[{quoted}](name=Ahri Lover Rock,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=dV2JMqXd,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2017-07-14T15:53:27.434+0000)

It got 3 lethality, lost 10 AD, and its passive changed from 75(2.0 lethality) true damage, which is about 105 damage if you pick it up as a first item

to 90+15 per level physical damage.

If you pick that up as a first item at around level 10 you're getting 240 damage off the passive.

Do you even patch notes?

When you complain about an item that scales of the user's level, your argument just can't be taken seriously. If Talon is level 12 when everyone else in the game is level 10, yeah he's going to be strong. He's two levels up. Doesn't matter if he's building Duskblade or ghostblade or nightblade (hello Riot?) he's already fed.

In the video you shared, an overleveled Graves is walking around screaming about how much damage he does. Not really seeing the big deal here.

Rins Thigh SocksJul 14, 20173 votes

[{quoted}](name=Hestia Chan,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=dV2JMqXd,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2017-07-14T16:00:11.742+0000)

When you complain about an item that scales of the user's level, your argument just can't be taken seriously. If Talon is level 12 when everyone else in the game is level 10, yeah he's going to be strong. He's two levels up. Doesn't matter if he's building Duskblade or ghostblade or nightblade (hello Riot?) he's already fed.

In the video you shared, an overleveled Graves is walking around screaming about how much damage he does. Not really seeing the big deal here.

"it barely got buffed lol"

"Between the lethality buff and passive buff it gained over 150 damage if you use the item properly."

"you're complaining that a champion who is fed is doing lots of damage lol"

Quality argument there. The reason assassins are largely getting overleveled and running people down is because their itemization is so strong at the moment that it's hard NOT to get fed if you're playing it out right.

That's the problem. They're getting fed too easily because they're getting too much extra upfront burst that Riot shouldn't have added to the game. And thus, it ought to get hotfixed.

C9 Squeeky Jul 14, 20171 votes

I think it's the nightstalker passive that is making Duskblade so good. I don't think the levels have too much to do with it. If you're 2 levels over your opponent, speaking strictly of lethality and not stats you get per levels, you're only getting about 4.4% lethality per item getting only 0.792 flat armor pen...that is being two levels up. 0.396 armor pen per level per lethality item. Trust me, it's Nightstalker and the new stats/buildpath that make it good.

Mid NidaleeJul 16, 20171 votes

It's the fact you get so much bonus damage in an instant by going to a brush or fog.. or stealth. By the time the item is finished on most champs it will give them 300 bonus on burst which is too high. Especially because it gives CDR to get another ability from Fog/invis/brush again.