Building AD/AP/AS like Armor/MR

SquirrellyOtter·1/8/2015, 6:20:07 PM·1 votes·717 views

Since Riot has altered Negatron Cloak to be built out of Null-Magic Mantle and Chain Vest to be built out of Cloth Armor, will we see upper-tier attack, ability, and speed recipes get revamped too?

Such as:

Long Sword -> Pickaxe -> B.F. Sword

Amplifying Tome -> Blasting Wand -> Needlessly Large Rod

Dagger -> Recurve Bow

Negatron and Chain's new recipes are a big buff for tanks because they can increment their items, and therefore their builds, faster; meanwhile AD/AP carries are forced to make a choice to delay a purchase for a bigger item later and go into current fights underpowered or make a purchase to increase their current stats that would be irrelevant to their build later on and be forced to sell back at a loss, slowing their build progress.

4 Comments

Dr Clueless PhD1/8/2015, 6:31:41 PM3 votes

The reasons for the change in Defense items is fairly straightforward, and doesn't apply to Offense. When you're buying offensive items, you're looking for the end goal of that item. You want an Infinity Edge, and you've probably known that since before you locked in your Champion.

Defensive items, however, are bought differently. Defensive stats are bought because you go "Hmm. I need more armor." It's reactionary, and it's a stat-driven purchase, not a build-driven purchase. It doesn't matter what the final item is (as much), you need armor. By gating items behind the Chain Vest, it made a very frustrating experience, in that you had to delay a reactionary purchase. You could buy the armor that you need, and find that you needed a different item. It's pretty bogus. You don't generally go "Hmm. I think I need more Flat AD, rather than Attack Speed right now." That decision making does, however, happen with defensive items.

GekkoST1/8/2015, 7:03:52 PM2 votes

if they do this then adcs will be able to snowball pretty hard... as soon as they get a slight lane advantage then they will instantly be able to capitalize on it and their lane opponent will never be able to recover or have a chance to turn it around.