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Mages need love. (NO MORE SHIELDS RIOT)

Kathedral·1/10/2020, 5:56:18 PM·3 votes·1,158 views

I rarely ever see Taliya, Twisted fate, Orianna, Kennen, Anivia, Ivern, Karthus, Gragas. Others, I see here and there at least, but these guys? Maybe 1 in 100 games. So why are the rarest picks mostly in the mage-class? It's because there's far too much AP counter in this game to justify their selections. Anyone who has a shield with a cooldown can block anyone who has an ability with a cooldown. Only AA heavy champs don't have that obstacle really, or spammy damage like Aphelios. So anyone that relies on burst, or ability damage will be negated heavily by a shield. This means that shields are strongest against mages.

How many shields there are in this game is absolutely ridiculous.
Count how many shields the champions have in a given game. I've played games where almost every champion has had a shield ability. Some also take barrier, and can basically double their health by activating their shield+barrier. That's so excessive. Like stop. Not every champion needs a bloody shield. Silences were removed from so many champions, I think it's only Garen, Malzahar, and Soraka who have silences now. But how many have shields? Kassadin, Riven, Sion, Mordekaiser, Yasuo, Ekko, Lux, Janna, Malzahar, Galio, Nocturne, Lee sin, Diana, Thresh, Morgana, The list goes on, and I bet Sett will have one too.

You could consider cassiopeia's venom thing to be a silence to some extent. I just don't see why silences were so bad, but having a hundred shields is considered okay. I'd rather be silenced, unable to use my abilities, than use my abilities, waste my mana, and deal absolutely no damage.

To counter shields, maybe mages should get some way to bypass the shield with their damage, or maybe some shields should block AD only. You can't have every champion (even some mages) be mage counters. Come on.

It's like a go-to. A kit filler for when they can't think of an ability that a champion should have. "Let's give him a shield" - oh great, let's add them to the never ending list of champions with shields. Another reason not to play a mage.

14 Comments

Illabethe1/10/2020, 6:05:58 PM3 votes

It's much simpler: No one wants to play a bird. No one wants to play a Psychedelic Tree that loves peace. No one wants to play an overweight Drunkard.

None of the champions you mentioned have sex appeal or even fantasy desire appeal.

Shields have almost 0 to do with it.

P.S. Sett doesn't have a shield. He has massive HP regeneration like Garen based on the damage he takes from hits.

Metal Janna1/10/2020, 6:41:32 PM1 votes

I main Orianna and I don't see any problem with the shields in the game. There are few that can block more than a Q and an auto and those are on long cooldowns. Just learn to bait out cooldowns (for big shields like Janna/Morgana's) and overpower the weaker ones by using all your damage at once (small, frequent ones like Riven's). If you can't kill Riven in one burst, run, as she wins any extended fight unless you can kite her... which is unlikely with all those dashes.

CakesRule1/10/2020, 10:21:46 PM1 votes

u mean bruisers need love they have the worst items in game maybe besides sterak's gage. The only real place for them are top lane and maybe the jg but if u play a bruiser top you're just gonna get counterpicked by a ranged champion most likely a mage and they beat u because they have cc, slows, and they're ranged. They can also build things like seeker's armguard and already have about 100 armor with one item.