State of Poacher's Dirk

Wèaver·5/2/2017, 2:33:00 AM·2 votes·987 views

I was looking at the item statistics for the current patch, and poacher's dirk item 3252 is being purchased in only .08% of games, while Raise Morale item 3903 the last of GP's three ult upgrades is purchased in .19% of games. When initially introduced Poacher's Dirk was a great concept because you were taking a gamble that you could counter jungle 3 camps. However with the state of lethality in the current meta, junglers like Lee Sin LeeSin and Graves Graves dont even consider it anymore, with the only viable champion to use PD being Kha'Zix Khazix . If the upgraded form was changed to a more versatile item such as Caufield's Warhammer, item 3133 then it stands to reason it would jump up in purchase rate. This would allow you to get a cheaper warrior enchant on all ad junglers, not just lethality users, as well as allow people who normally wouldn't purchase warrior, (Like Olaf Olaf) to get Poacher's Dirk with hopes of snowballing so that warrior was viable in the grand scheme of their build.

TLDR: Idea to change Poacher's Dirk upgrade from Serrated Dirk item 3134 to Caufield's Warhammer item 3133 to make it viable on a wider range of champions.

Just wondering what you guys thought about this idea. I think it would be great for tempo and help you feel more accomplished when counter jungling. Also considering the purchase rate it basically doesn't exist in the game currently.

5 Comments

Redesignated5/2/2017, 2:45:34 AM3 votes

I don't really understand why they bothered to add Poacher's Dirk in to begin with, it was never going to be popular unless the requirement to upgrade it was easy to abuse, or the cost difference between it and Serrated Dirk was massive. It's not even a matter of what it upgrades into — it's an unreliable investment that immediately gives away your game plan.

zaire905/2/2017, 10:24:40 AM1 votes

Only reason it isnt built is because of that 1 min cd mechanic in the time it takes to counter jg 3 camps you can just buy the item and more.