Food For Thought About Thornmail

Bellows·Oct 17, 2015·1 votes·393 views

Well ive been noticing the apst few months all the jack about thornmail. Heres mein suggestion.

Let thornmail reflect a tiiiiiny bit of damage back based on a % of the incoming auto attack damage, but reflect this damage, though a very tiny % amount, as true damage. So, adc's should build lifesteal and they'd be ok while also feeling the brunt if they focus too hard on someone with it on.

Because this 10% of autos back as physical damage is kinda crappy. But if it was sayyyyy..... 7%? reflected back as true damage?

I think it would accomplish its job effectively while not rendering adc completely useless against champs with it on as they should have lifesteal to almost balance the fight out so these tanks can peel against a vayne for once.

Comments?

2 Comments

BellowsOct 17, 20151 votes

Come on? No thoughts at all? This seems to be the most balanced option ive seen yet for Thornmail.

Critmaster GarenOct 17, 20151 votes

this seems like a nerf, as adc generally dont build much defense anyways. a large amount of the damage off thornmail is reflected with little mitigation.

youre just punishing fighters with it who have scaling mr and might build a bit more defense. and if you made the damage value smaller, the amount would be small enough for them not to care.

imo the direction they were going in with the item wasnt that bad. they made the item equally effective against carries that build critical strike and attack speed carries like vayne or kallista.

what they need to do is just buff the damage return a bit more as its overall too weak. increase the bonus armor scaling to 30% and the damage reflect to 20%