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LW way too cost efficient? Is anyone else seeing it as problematic?

Lord Macaroni··1 votes·497 views

At a very low price point and generous stats, item 3035 alone pretty much invalidates armor being a solid option ever (which I feel is part of the reason utility tanks are non-existent - on top of brutal jungle nerfs and the meta of OP mobility junglers). Has there been any hint to increasing the cost of LW or nerfing its numbers?

It feels pretty terrible to build to almost 400 armor for way more gold and still get melted because of a singular item.

4 Comments

Lumus Avatar1 votes

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/QmyzGO8F-magic-resist-is-laughable?comment=00010000000000000001

I think the string of comments this comes from might help your argument.

Frikgeek1 votes

Void staff is way better tbh. It gives you the same 35% penetration and It also gives 70 AP for 2295g. Last whisper gives 40 AD for 2300. Not to mention that mages have much easier access to flat pen through sorcs, and with flat pen coming after %pen they only make each other more effective.

Lord Macaroni1 votes

Well, being gated by cooldowns, mana, skillshots, and overall less reliability in most cases would be a reason why I would think Void Staff would have better stats. And, quite often it is the last or second last item someone would build on a mage after mana regen, deathcap, and hourglass. I usually see LW as a must have 2nd or 3rd item for AD assassins or ADCs.

Stonington1 votes

Nah, it's fine.

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