Void Staff Item Description (Is it a nerf?)

Big Schlong ·6/29/2016, 8:15:52 PM·2 votes·557 views

So Void Staff's description used to say "Ignores 35% of Magic Resist" or something like that. Nowadays it says that it gives +35% Magic Penetration. So that would imply that it would increase your flat magic pen by 35%. Rather than ignoring 35% of opponent magic resist. So basically, if you have a low amount of flat magic pen, if any at all, void staff would basically be giving you only the 80 ap. Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but that is what it seems like.

4 Comments

xBushx6/29/2016, 8:30:15 PM2 votes

100 MR opponent. you have Void staff they now have 65 MR.

SaltyKracka6/29/2016, 8:16:37 PM1 votes

You're wrong on this.

Zielmann6/29/2016, 8:21:07 PM1 votes

Yeah, no. It's not "magic pen is increased by 35%", it's 35% magic pen. Meaning you penetrate 35% of the target's MR

The change is probably for clarity, considering other %pen items just say "% magic/armor penetration" (see Last Whisper)

GaleWinUnleashed6/29/2016, 8:29:01 PM1 votes

It could perhaps be clearer if it dropped the plus sign from the description. It's not modifying your flat magic penetration at all; it's ignoring 35% of magic resist BEFORE applying flat penetration.

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