Ancient coin still sucks

Moonfall Saber·May 19, 2017·2 votes·261 views

Ancient coin ia supposed to be the "I want to sit around and do nothing" support item. However if you build spellthief you can stand further back AND deal damage to an enemy laner to get your gold. Why would anyone build coin. The reward for the quest is terrible in comparison. I mean the whole design of it is that your going to fall behind in exp so you get a potion to catch up. Plus supports don't really need a skill point because they are probably already maxed the one they want by the time you finish the quest

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EvilUnicornLordMay 19, 20171 votes

I disagree.

Obviously, most everyone builds item 3302 for tank supports, item 3303 for poke supports, and item 3301 for sustain supports (with a spare few exceptions here and there).

Well, I find that some supports lacking in some area with their standard item can make up for it with Ancient coin.

Taric usually builds item 3302 , but I find that it's much easier and more effective to play him as an offtank. Unlike Braum or TahmKench , he doesn't have the insane tankiness to waddle into lane and last hit minions like they do without risking an opportunity attack from the enemy support and ADC and he can't punish them for doing so. But with item 3301 , he gets much greater mana regen and can actually use his Q frequently since he has the mana to do so. And when he needs to head out in to lane to pick up the coins, it's not hard since he just needs to get somewhat close to them rather than getting right up in its face and hitting it.

In another scenario, Lulu 's eaten a string of nerfs that's effectively been demolishing her ability to hurt people. While this is good for game balance so she stops going Mid, Top, and ADC, it's also struck down her ability to support since she can't poke very well. It's now become necessary for her to use E + Q in order to get the most out of a poke and that costs too much mana in the long run. item 3301 helps her make up for this by granting the mana regeneration to use her abilities. While she still lacks the actual sustain usually associated with an Ancient Coin support, she can still whittle down her enemies and turn engages into a bad idea by dosing her ADC with steroids.

Moonfall SaberMay 19, 20171 votes

I think your playing taric wrong.... Frozen gauntlet thornmail spirit visage says so.

EvilUnicornLordMay 19, 20171 votes

Maybe so, but it's at least working for me. :P

Funkin DunkinMay 19, 20171 votes

item 3301 used to be good when it gave passive health. Honestly, that was one of the major points I bought it. When I'm buying coin, it's not for the mana drops. I wanted that health.