Phantom Dancer

Stun Gun·10/2/2019, 8:29:44 PM·11 votes·5,148 views

Since Worlds is going on right now, I know that nothing major will be changed, but I'm going to put this out there as a recommendation for maybe the pre-season updates. If any of you remember, back when item 3053 was enabled for ranged champions, ADC's would build it, and specifically Kog'Maw. It was possibly the most aids thing you can fight because he was basically un-killable with Lulu, so thankfully, Riot acted on this and removed the option for ranged champion to purchase steraks, which was great. Now with the new item 3046 it has come back to haunt us. It is not as bad as steraks on adc, but there are similarities. This similarity is the shield. Riot has just contradicted themselves with this.

In my opinion Phantom Dancer is one of the strongest items in the game, it provides too many stats for one item.

"30% attack speed, 25% crit, 5% movement speed, A unique passive SPECTRAL WALTZ: Basic attacking a champion grants Ghost ghosting and 7% bonus movement speed for 2 second (which is basically phage passive that stacks if you buy a phage), and LIFELINE: If you would take damage that would reduce maximum health below 30%, you first gain a shield that absorbs 240 − 600 (based on level) damage decaying over 2 seconds (90 second cooldown)."

As you can see, Phantom Dancer gives 240 - 600 damage shield that decays over 2 seconds. The item provides defense, mobility, and damage. It has a super easy build path, and only totals to a cost of 2600.

I believe the best solution for this item is to change the decay time to 1 second or lower the shield amount or completely remove the passive as a whole, and maybe revert PD to what is was before.

Let me hear what you guys think.

14 Comments

OtterlyLost10/2/2019, 9:09:04 PM8 votes

Hmmm... How about no.

Seriously, PD is not an issue. It gives a very marginal protection against being bursted; it trades a lot of utility for less damage compared to other options. Most ADCs would 100% prefer to get Shiv/RFC combo as they would like to get more energizer procs(IE, more damage). This isn't even touching on the fact that buying PD locks them out of getting Maw or Steraks and the key difference between PD and Steraks being that PD doesn't give health or tenacity or, for that matter, AD.

Seriously, why is it okay for assassin's to have Maw and Edge of Night to prevent them from getting bursted on top of of their own insane mobility? Why is it okay for mages to get Zhonya's, the single best Offensive and Defensive item in the game? If we're going to start removing anti burst from carry champions, then Edge of Night, Maw, Zhonya's, and GA all should go as well. As should Death's Dance, for that matter.

No build diversity or build thought at all for anyone. Damage people are only allowed to build damage.

Daddy Ants10/3/2019, 11:08:00 AM2 votes

No.

caseybanned10/3/2019, 5:37:23 PM1 votes

PD's defensive passive is garbage compared to steraks and zhonyas.

With the current damage creep, a lot of mages and assassins (such as veigar and zed) already do well over the hp bar of ad carries if they land their combo.

The thigh guy10/3/2019, 7:02:57 PM1 votes

Removing defensive options with damage THIS fucking high would be the biggest mistake riot could ever make. Besides making ekko_