Let's give tanks an item to protect squishies from assassins

treeking013·2/13/2016, 6:58:52 PM·3 votes·981 views

WILL OF THE PROTECTOR +60 Armor +45 Magic Resist

UNIQUE Passive: Whenever a nearby ally takes damage that would reduce them below 25% of their maximum health, they gain immunity to damage from the enemy that dealt this damage for 4 seconds, but 50% of the damage they'd be taking is dealt to you instead. (120 second cooldown)

Build Path: Chain Vest + Negatron Cloak + 980 gold = 2500 Gold


So, with assassins deadlier than ever, adc's are turning to Sterak's Gage for protection. But is this the best option? Fighters certainly should be able to stand their ground versus assassins if they build tankyish, and tanks, while not able to kill the assassin by any means, should have a chance to survive. But marksmen and mages are countered by assassins - if they want to live, the best option should be to find a tank and stick to them like glue. Problem is, tanks can't deal with assassins very well either right now - by the time they notice the assassin, their little buddy is dead. So what's the solution?

Let tanks do their job - protecting their more vulnerable allies.

Now, I've tried to gear this item versus assassins without making it must-buy for every tank (although it may become must-buy if there's always assassins to worry about, but that's a different problem). Note that your ally is only immune to damage from the enemy that triggered the ability. Long story short, if they get targeted by more than one person, they're still dead - this item can't help them. The goal here isn't to make assassins useless - it's to make them think. If they rush in, knock someone down to 25% to trigger the passive, then rush out via hypermobility, their mage/adc can then finish the job. The point is that they can't do it on their own.

Also, if the assassin is a persistent lil' bugger, you'll wind up taking damage as well. This is intended to keep anyone short of a dedicated tank from buying the item. Another reason it's attractive to tanks is that it makes enemies want to target you - if you're dead, the item won't work, so the assassin can wreck house as he/she pleases. Tanks love taking damage if it means someone else isn't.

Now I don't claim this is a perfect solution - maybe 100% damage reduction is too anti-fun for assassins, maybe the item is too cheap/expensive, maybe the stats suck way too much (they're worse than Guardian Angel's), or whatever. I ain't horribly knowledgeable about League balance. Thus, I bring the proposal to the Boards for review and criticism. Whatever you do, don't leave without saying something.

11 Comments

Cowgirl Ed2/13/2016, 7:07:07 PM4 votes

never seen a worse idea than this

Mecha MaIphite2/13/2016, 7:12:32 PM1 votes

Let's compare this idea to item 3157 , another good if expensive counter to AD assassins.

2.5 seconds invulnerability vs 4 seconds of effective invulnerability Requires good reaction time vs requires you to stand beside someone Can't move during invulnerability vs can do whatever they want Can choose when to use vs completely unreliable

mogonk2/13/2016, 7:20:52 PM1 votes

But by trying to make it harder for assassins to kill adcs this item would make it impossible for anyone to kill adcs.

TaoistMaster2/13/2016, 7:38:10 PM1 votes

good idea.

made it too op though

Critmaster Garen2/13/2016, 7:55:05 PM1 votes

this sounds awesome at first thought, but is in reality a shitty idea.

the problem with this is that youre essentially making adc and other squishies tanky as fuck. adc have only 1 weakness left, and thats that theyre semi easy to blow up. if you remove that, then there is no reason not to play someone like mundo or tahm who can really absorb a lot of damage and run 4 adc.

or imagine mao with that item. damage reduction for everyone enar him due to his ult, and then absorbing damage. throw a locket in there for even more aura, and good luck dealing with 3 to 4 adc.

Jalkan2/13/2016, 8:12:49 PM1 votes

{quoted}> tanks, while not able to kill the assassin by any means

lol