At 47:00, Grasp has only given our Volibear one ruby crystal worth of max HP

rtbf76109271·Nov 13, 2017·3 votes·1,949 views

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MadVikingNov 13, 20173 votes

I feel like with Grasp in order to get the most of it you need to literally stay in combat and proc it every 4 seconds.

If you don't do that from the start of the game it's falls off.

I tried it quite a bit and I had a lot of success but only if I trade frequently. I used it on Nasus and everytime someone wanted to trade with me I would proc it, walk into minions, Wither and Q proc it again and it actually did a lot of dmg on my Q after about 12mins in. I managed to get a little over 200 hp with it.

If you're in lane and against super poke champions Grasp sucks.

Atershock is probably a better rune in most cases if you have the kit to proc it, because it gives you a little extra HP base damage plus it gives you flat armor and mr resistance for 2.5 seconds after the proc. I use it on Maokai and I have to stay, Maokai is stupid strong with it right now.

Grasp and Overgrowth need some work. I literally stayed in lane the whole game to test Overgrowth and I can honestly say it's not worth it.

CrettNov 13, 20171 votes

i agree that the runes feel undertuned, though i think i also understand riot erring on the side of caution on runes giving too much durability. i think they may have mentioned buffing the resolve tree, i hope overgrowth and grasp keep their infinite scaling, personally it's extremely hype for me

abca98Nov 13, 20171 votes

Try to auto the laner every 4 seconds doesn't sound like something a tank would do.

MadVikingNov 14, 20171 votes

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Try to auto the laner every 4 seconds doesn't sound like something a tank would do.

Considering tanks and juggernauts lost the scaling hp runes and flat hp runes -- I'd say it's probably pretty important to proc this as much as you can.

Obviously though, the healing element from Grasp is it's greatest asset.

I mostly play Juggernauts, so we trade often. Probably the only tank I actually play is Maokai and I think Aftershock is much better for him.