A free 300g item. That's it. Usually later than I buy boots normally. No scaling, no special abilities, just free boots. I don't get it. Help me to understand its value, I'm a noob who sees a LOT of Magical Footwear in pro builds and build recommendations.
It's free boots that are slightly better than boots, that upgrade for slightly cheaper into upgraded boots that are also slightly better than the standard version.
A small MS edge can be pretty meaningful when trying to run down (or escape) someone, plus you can put your gold towards early power items instead of boots.
(Also dematerialiser is butt, and futures market is kinda niche, so it just beats out the competition in that drawer anyway.)
I feel like you're underestimating the value of 350 free gold. And free ms.
You gotta look at it's competitors. Minion dematerializer and future's market.
Minion dematerializer doesn't help much.
Future's market gives is all about gold.
Footwear gives you 300 gold off boots upgrade and another 50 gold. 10 ms is also a bonus.
Free gold and stats is good in general. It's only competition is other things that basically give you gold
Thanks, I hadn't realized that they resulted in upgraded boots. However I'm more talking about Inspiration as a secondary so I would normally go for ... hmm you're right: biscuit delivery? stopwatch?
magical footwear is pretty good on champions that have strong early game and get kills early on. As the time to get them reduces by 30 seconds for every kill or assist you can even get them at minute 7 if you manage to get 6 kills/assists.
Even when getting them at minute 10, they are still 300 free gold directly + 50 gold less to upgrade and offer a 10 flat bonus movementspeed buff, which should not be underestimated. If you really depend on early boots (minute 4 - 5) then I'd recommend biscuits.
A free 300g item. That's it. Usually later than I buy boots normally. No scaling, no special abilities, just free boots. I don't get it. Help me to understand its value, I'm a noob who sees a LOT of Magical Footwear in pro builds and build recommendations.
The 350 gold you're saving on boots gets you your Needlessly Large Rod sooner, while also giving you boots that give extra movement speed.
Similarly, stopwatch is a 600 gold item that builds into an item many mages build, while also giving them extra security in lane.
Both combined shave 950 gold off of your build.
