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IF this Spellthief thing becomes an issue.

Kubox·2/10/2019, 4:46:27 AM·2 votes·1,367 views

Not saying it is or isn't, maybe it gets bigger, maybe it doesn't. Maybe Riot simply doesn't like it, whatever. To be honest I had this on my mind before this Spellthief + Kelpto thing came out, I'm sure we've all got our own ideas on how we'd like to protect items and runes from others, after all.

Before bringing the nerf bat while deeply apologizing to supports that someone found a way to use their items so they're getting punished like so many other items, roles and champions before, can we try something out?

What if owning any of the starter support items, whether the whole line or not (probably better to, but might be interesting to have an option out) made it so any solo experience gained was counted as duo exp, through a passive tacked on the items. Essentially this adding a jungle item-like mechanic to the support role that, unlike junglers, couldn't simply have it tied to Smite.

Now we've all, as supports or fillers, had a moment where we sat alone in a lane and got some exp for a while and losing that option does suck. That being said, that limitation would open the door to items being easier to balance without breaking anything not support and might even give the opportunity of unique items that can only be bought by champions with a support item. Also, it wouldn't mean getting 0 experience when alone in a wave, simply that we get less, so I'm rather curious how, in an average game and even some extremes what we'd truly be losing.

This might not be the best idea. Might not even be necessary. Maybe Riot tested it in the past and it didn't work. I don't know, I'm just a guy with an idea.

17 Comments

Dasdi962/10/2019, 4:51:11 AM2 votes

Let's not forget, the bounty system is playing a role in this. Doing this strategy will make the opponents have a bounty just for farming on par.

Paroe2/10/2019, 6:57:45 AM1 votes

Isnt this just a strategy because vision is so important? Riot could just give us back sightstone as the main component to T2 support items to transform them into eyes, honestly.
I miss the actually useful benefits to completeing the item quests. Would love to have them back, and be tailored a little more.

On My Kill List2/10/2019, 8:22:01 PM1 votes

its not spellthief its the cs bounty mechanic. all riot has to do is remove it. all it does is punish good players anyways.

Dorans Pants2/12/2019, 6:23:47 PM1 votes

You know, there are all already a lot of interesting suggestion made how to tackle the support item dilemma. And even though it´s questionable how fruitful those changes would be, at least people try their best to improve the game for everyone.

But guess who doesn´t bother and just throws out the first half-assed bandaid fix that came to mind. Always to the detriment of support players just to appease the masses, who couldn't care less about that role.

Not that it´s the worst nerf in history ( but for real, how am I supposed to play bard with those stupid limitations that go completely against my champion´s playstyle? ) but this practice of carelessly kicking down on a minority of the playerbase just to make a majority of the playerbase happy is just insulting to the few players that decided to stick to the support role and this continued neglection will just drive away more and more players from that role.

but I guess this is where auto fill comes into play.