Stopwatch is a little too effective.

YOUGOTKILLEDBRO·2/2/2018, 8:52:26 PM·5 votes·1,723 views

I mean, a 1 use 120 gold value as a rune, that puts gold towards a or , is really nice. Stopwatch is very popular everwhere. Even in silver-gold elo, about half the game will have stopwatch. The cost effectiveness is nice, it can save lives if used right, but the most overlooked thing is... the duration of 2.5 seconds. That is a really long time to wait for cooldowns and teammates, I think nerfing it a bit down to maybe 2 seconds could be a reasonable nerf that makes other runes in that tree more valuable

TL;DR : nerf stopwatch's cooldown down to 2 seconds, make other runes more viable

Edit: watching EU LCS as i posted this, this clip happens, perfect to prove my point here, the stopwatch's extra .5 seconds gave jarvan enough time to come down and save zoe

https://clips.twitch.tv/TubularFriendlySageGingerPower

11 Comments

Vapor Wave Vibes2/2/2018, 8:58:40 PM3 votes

Seen often do to the rune, so a better nerf would be one that needs to be directly to it like changing the time of which you can use it from 6 minutes into the game to 8 or 9 minutes. That way people can hit level 6 and not all of a sudden be an item down.

Helmight2/2/2018, 11:23:35 PM2 votes

I'm not a fan of changing the duration on the active, since that would mess you up once you actually have a Zhonya's Hourglass and lead to a bunch of faulty muscle memory issues. A better option is to either delay the "turn-on" time so there's more opportunity to gank someone before their Stopwatch becomes available, or to reduce the Stopwatch's build path options (either by reducing its gold contribution to the next item or by making the rune Stopwatch into a Commencing Stopwatch, which doesn't build into anything).

flibitydoo2/2/2018, 11:36:31 PM2 votes

Man does anyone else remember many years ago when people wanted zhonyas stasis to be a summoner spell? People argued against it and I think now we can really see why it truly was a bad idea.

ChaddyFantome2/2/2018, 9:28:42 PM2 votes

..or we can just admit that giving people a Zhonya's active on a component was a stupid idea?

Barkley2/2/2018, 10:12:08 PM1 votes

I feel like zoe was out with or without J4's presence, but your point stands, and is still very valid.

Handin Out Naps2/2/2018, 9:37:35 PM1 votes

It needs to either activate at 10 minutes or just be removed. Makes no sense that it can completely nullify a lot of champions lvl 6 powerspikes for free.

AbiwonKenabi2/2/2018, 11:49:26 PM1 votes

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there is a change on PBE that puts Magical Footwear and Stopwatch on the same "tier" in the Runes. This won't fix the problem entirely, but I think it will cut back on Stopwatch users, as 9 times out of 10 free boots is more desirable. It's less free stuff from the Inspiration tree, and I think it will help. Even when they take Stopwatch, they are giving up Magical Footwear.