Honestly, the new Ancient coin is absolutely unplayable

Raoul·May 9, 2017·4 votes·578 views

Who the hell thought it was a good idea? It was perfect how it was, now its ruined.

Lets think for a second, what kind of champions use it? Utility supports, mostly squishy ones.

What do these champion NOT want? To go into the minion wave. What are they forced to do? GO INTO THE MINION WAVE! on top of that, you removed the HP reg of the item, whoch means the poke you WILL recieve when you want to collect your coins hits even harder... The Item is now only usefull when you are dominating lane, the second you are not ahead, the enemy can easy zone you from getting your coins or if you get them, poke you out of lane.

You literally ruined the item and killed every support that was using it. Just accept you screwed up and revert the change to the item.

13 Comments

NalisaiMay 9, 20173 votes

I said it in another thread, and I'll say it again. Try it on an AP tank support like Maokai , Galio , Rakan , Soraka , Bard , Alistar etc. They all love it for the mana boost from the blue coin and the passive move speed proc. Not to mention the quest boost to a skill.

RaoulMay 9, 20173 votes

Honestly, if I see it on a Rakan, Bard or Soraka, I cheer bbecause as long as we dont lose the lane big time, i will be able to keep the support near death, because when he wants that gold, he has to take poke, and he has no more HP regeneration.

And for Alistar, you are better of with face of the mountain...

AnastaeciaMay 9, 20173 votes

Was gonna say, half those champs aren't tanks.

NalisaiMay 9, 20172 votes

Soraka's primary support build (as an example) lately looks like this: item 3069 / item 2302 , item 3158 / item 3020 / item 3117 , item 3065 , item 3107 , item 3190 / item 3001 / item 3174 , item 3504

How is that not tanky?

AnastaeciaMay 9, 20172 votes

Building tanky is different than being a natural tank.

And EVERYONE is building Redemption, Locket, a 4-ward item, and some sort of boots. Add in PInks, and you have 1 slot to do something diff with. Most other supp items (besides mage stuff) has some sort of defense stat.

SO, all supps are technically "tanky" these days.

NalisaiMay 9, 20171 votes

I can kinda understand Bard, but Rakan and Soraka need to get close(r) to poke anyhow, so they tend to stay near the wave regardless? Maybe you haven't come across a decent Rakan or Soraka? If played right, both currently have great poke (Rakan's W and Soraka's Q) and Soraka's Q is her sustain...

Honestly, it's more for the blue coin to extend your time in lane than it is for the gold. Most supports, especially early, have low mana cost abilities, and waiting for 5 mana can be a pain depending on runes, etc.

To put it in perspective, would you rather wait the 10 secs for Soraka to heal you or see a blue coin drop and have her heal you instantly?

SciFi ScrivenerMay 9, 20171 votes

I've been enjoying the ancient coin with Karma also. When you get that extra ability point mid game, it's a real nice boost.

RedesignatedMay 9, 20171 votes

Coin is hot shit on Soraka now, she needs Spellthief's Edge or to gtfo. She only cared about Coin in the first place because it let her be an incredibly passive damage-neutralizer that regenerated her health losses off the wave, now she's forced to do things like take HP regen runes and/or play much more aggressively early on.

UnboundHadesMay 9, 20171 votes

nah riot doesn't understand that they fucked up with anything so its not gonna be reverted even tho it needs to be its gonna get an over the top gimic that makes the item "stronger" but make it even harder to do stuff