Why does Riot think manaless AD champs are OK?

Caítlyn··1 votes·221 views

Yasuo Zed Riven ???

Especially dudes that can 100-0 people?

They all have easy waveclear, and extreme mobility. They all are problematic to balance. And worst of all, they are all EXTREMELY ANNOYING TO PLAY AGAINST.

Any of these dudes dashes at me, I trade back. Repeat 2 more times, now Im oom?!?! Then they spam skills to push the wave and knock down my tower because they are AD.

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67chrome3 votes

Why does Riot think manaless AD champs are OK?

For Yasou and Riven that's pretty easy:

Both champions essentially auto-attack with their abilities.

Auto-attacks are manaless.

A very large number of AA steroids and on-hit effect skills present on champions that use mana also happen to be manaless (Chogath Darius Fizz Ekko Vayne Jax Jinx Orianna Teemo Rammus and more)

Yasou and Riven have kits centered around the idea they auto-attack things to death with what are essentially creative auto-attack steroids, and because that's the core of their kit and what they're balanced around it makes sense that doing so would cost exactly the same amount of mana as it does for everyone else (0).

Also, Yasou and Riven are essentially marksman with melee range. They need something to make up for the loss of a 550 range basic attack, which is a pretty huge hit to take for their respective kits. They need a lot of power to make up for that loss, which is why the kits of both look overloaded.


As for Zed:

He's a ninja, all the Ninja's use energy.

Marshbouy1 votes

Why are any manaless champs okay? Dunno man

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