Is there anything wrong with Melee items?

Chromatic Eagle··1 votes·179 views

I've talked about ADC and APC items. Outside of the GP5 and sightstone, support items tend to cross over into tank and mana regen(which is already being talked about). Jungler items are new, so I think we should waitish to talk about that. All I can think about now are melee items. Are they in a good spot? I don't hear any complaints about Trinity Force, Black Cleaver despite being an ArPen item, or Hex Drinker. Why?

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FalconPawwwwnch2 votes

Trinity Force is good Cleaver is good Hexdrinker is good Mallet Sucks Wit's end is niche Hydra is good Atma's got removed

Melee AD needs a beter Hp/AD item and a AD/armor item period, but one that can't be abused by ranged champs

TheKingDodo1 votes

I'm confused... what kind of melee are we talking about? Assassins? Zed Katarina Akali ? Assassiny Hybrids? Fiora MasterYi Tryndamere Yasuo ? Big Bad Bruisers? Riven Aatrox Mordekaiser Udyr Trundle Rumble Shyvana ? Or Flat Out Tanks? Sejuani Shen Singed Sion Volibear Rammus DrMundo ? Assassin and Assassiny Hybrids share common ranged items: item 3153 item 3072 item 3142 item 3087 item 3035 item 3135 item 3157 etc. Everyone builds at least 1 defence eventually if they reach full build... they usually only pick item 3026 item 3102 item 3143 Same goes for bruisers except they go more defensive but still scale with offence. Overall defence sucks due to buffs benefitting offensive stats. so if you mean defensive item sucking, then yeah... you're right. Otherwise there're really few differences between "melee" and "ranged" items. Ranged guys get trinity, BC, and hexdrinker too...

Trinity force gives everything: MS, AS, On-hit damage, AP, AD, etc. BC gives armor reduction allowing ally's AD to deal more damage plus it gives some health for bruisers to survive. Hexdrinker gives a life saving shield to counter most ap opponents. They are all very good. Why is this confusing?

Chromatic Eagle1 votes

I mostly meant things like black cleaver and bruisers/melee carries. I know Yasuo and Zed build like ADCs mostly. I'm not sure I said I was confused though, just curious.

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