Why is Draven not getting punished more for missing axes?

737706·7/7/2017, 9:49:56 AM·33 votes·1,929 views

Q is currently on a 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 Cooldown and costs 45 Mana. This is his main ability, why is it on a such low mana cost? He isn't getting punished for missing axes much and at 30% CDR He can keep his axes up 24/7 Which is kind of stupid. Imo they should increase the mana cost by +15 or +10 and increase +1 Cooldown at all ranks. Draven mains shouldn't be missing axes alot so this shouldn't be that big deal, just more punishing for missing them.

18 Comments

Daddy Braum7/7/2017, 9:57:24 AM13 votes

All his mana goes to his w in fights he will use it after almost every axe catch so early fights for him can run him out of mana pretty fast then he has no attack speed/move speed steroid

The 14th Angel7/7/2017, 4:20:24 PM8 votes

dude, you have to catch axes in team fights. not everyones a main.

DaNinad7/7/2017, 5:43:37 PM5 votes

Who tf builds 30% CDR on draven

Junkο7/7/2017, 6:50:21 PM2 votes

What if it had a high CD and every time you caught an axe it went down?

Just a thought.

LankPants7/7/2017, 4:05:58 PM2 votes

Increase the CD by 4 at all ranks, have the CD drop by a second whenever he catches an axe.

TooLucid7/7/2017, 4:13:56 PM1 votes

At least you can anticipate what Draven is doing. Twitch pops stealth and one shots you with BOTRK. You can't ward the whole map...

Mody bird7/7/2017, 8:02:15 PM1 votes

Well i do main draven and i do go oom alot, his mana is not the problem. A good draven would use his w after every axe catch when fighting, and after each fight you will be oom or nearly oom in lane.

King of Mongoose7/7/2017, 8:55:12 PM1 votes

if yo uhave 30% cdr that means you ahve some awful buil that probably includes essence reaver and thus i shall report u

Guy Fox Teemo7/8/2017, 1:01:47 AM1 votes

Draven DOES get punished; You've never played DRaven if you think missing and axe isn't a big deal. That 8 second window time? Well your fucked if it's even a 2 second window time in a fight.

Draven DPS 100% relies on his axes, every second he doesn't have it up, is an opportunity to fuck him

Also nobody builds 30% cdr on draven, unless you go essence reaver, which... people don't build.

Teridax687/8/2017, 5:27:27 PM1 votes

Draven is already one of the most mechanically difficult marksmen around, and as others have mentioned, juggling his axes is already punishing enough in the early game (it's his only source of damage and gets put on a fairly decent cooldown), and difficult to perform later on when teamfights are happening. Because his W consumes mana very rapidly (you need to activate it basically every 1-2 axes you catch), increasing his mana consumption through Q is also not all that essential, unless you're proposing to reduce his W mana consumption in exchange. As such, punishing Draven harder for missing his axes risks raising his already high skill floor without really addressing his current issue, which is his ability to deal very large amounts of burst with each axe. I agree that Draven needs nerfs, but I'd rather tone down his Q damage than make him more difficult to play.