Statikk Shiv - Proposed Change

Sir Rouge··1 votes·594 views

For now, I think zeal items should look like this: Statikk Shiv: Burst Runaan's Hurricane: AoE (teamfight and waveclear) Rapid Firecannon: Siege and poke Phantom Dancer: Dueling

Right now, Stattik Shiv offers: +35% Attack Speed +30% Critical Strike Chance +5% Movement Speed Passive: Moving and attacking will make an attack Energized. UNIQUE Passive - Shiv Lightning: Your Energized attacks deal 60~160 bonus magic damage (based on level) to up to 5 targets on hit (deals +65% bonus damage to minions and can critically strike).

Right now, the item offers burst AND waveclear. Sure, the burst is kind of the problematic thing (because of/with firecannon), but the waveclear part of the item makes it so efficient to buy and I feel like the cost of the waveclear is minimal. So, why not remove the bonus damage it does to minions?

It could be a band-aid solution until adcs and adc items are looked at (the item might become a bit weak without it, so it should be temporary, though reducing the adc power level would be good right now). I think waveclear on adcs is ok as long as it comes with a price: items designed around it (runaan's for example) or champion kits designed around it (sivir for example). Right now, Shiv offers too much.

3 Comments

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

Your roles for Shiv and Runnan's are a bit off.

Runnan's is for teamfight, yes, but Shiv is for wave clear. That's why it deals bonus damage to minions, and why it affects more targets.

Sir Rouge1 votes

Except, I don't think it's healthy for an adc item to give waveclear while offering insane synergy with rapidfire against champions. Shiv does the most out of the zeal items (fast waveclear/burst/+ poke because of rapidfire), but costs the same.

I don't think adcs should have good waveclear unless they invest in it. Runaan's as the waveclear zeal item is a better design.

Sir Rouge1 votes

Wow, it no longer deals bonus damage to minions on PBE, exactly like I proposed. That's a funny coincidence.

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