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Why were Lethality Item Set Bonuses Removed?

toby mcteague·12/3/2019, 7:08:02 AM·4 votes·1,763 views

It sucks having to go duskblade and youmuus instead of having more choices like EoN or Umbral since their damage just really sucks ass.

Even worse, the EoN changes to make the shield a passive removes the point of the item. To use the shield whenever you needed to. Assassins’ shittier version of Zhonyas, now ever shittier. The only thing it has going for it is the bonus HP.

Sanguine blade is a problematic item. Currently being abused by non assassin classes and assassins alike. Geez, why did they remove the bonus attack speed from Youmuu’s activation a couple seasons back again? BECAUSE ASSASSINS SHOULD NOT HAVE SUPER HIGH AMOUNTS OF ATTACK SPEED.

Wasn’t the point of the item set bonuses to allow more build diversity instead of dusk and youmuus?

Perhaps the lethality bonuses were super high; you could have easily just reduced the lethality bonus. Or am I missing or not understanding something?

4 Comments

Gamer Gallade12/3/2019, 7:24:43 AM3 votes

the lethality bonus was a little too restrictive in the long run and you where forced to only stick with the 2 items or risk on losing the bonus if you ever want to build a 3rd item in your build.

I have tried in the PBE when it was up. it was fun at first until i wanted to build the now Iced version of the Lethality Hydra item with both Yoummus and Duskblade.

It kinda sucked and was worse when you have want to build all of the Lethality items. all for just want needing the cdr for alot of the champions you need.

Anu3isII12/3/2019, 9:28:24 PM2 votes

It may be me, but item 3179 is a very good item by itself and a really nice rush if you want to control vision around the map. It may not offer Duskblade level of damage, but it is very cheap and definitely more powerful than people think.

About item 3814 , I think it simply is a niche item right now, very powerful vs some Mages or even Assassins. Its defensive utility is very high, so ofc it should offer less damage. And a more fair comparison would be to item 3102 (which, btw, seems way worse than its lethality version).

And Youmuu's Attack Speed has been removed because ADCs abused it, Twitch MissFortune Draven being the most notorious users.

And I would argue item set bonuses discouraged diversity since the bonuses happened until you finished multiple items. Until then, your first buy would be mediocre and you would be forced to rush the second item from the set. If you just bought a item 3155 or item 3077 before, then you would slow down your powerspikes significantly.

While I understand why people think Duskblade is top tier, I personally don't think the other items are far off. I would argue that Youmuu's is actually the best from the set with Duskblade and Umbral on second position.

Done2512/3/2019, 5:15:02 PM1 votes

It was too clunky.