I dont understand riots logic with the mages

fullbacks63·Jun 17, 2016·1 votes·419 views

Theyve made the mages really powerful, their items often cheaper (rod of ages), and theyve made the counter items like specters cowel, really expensive. Wtf.

7 Comments

msk51Jun 17, 20161 votes

Especially with the nerf on QSS/Mercurial Scimitar. I feel like unless you have good peel, ADC's are killed in an instant. Maybe they want the mages to reach their power spike first so they can have a strong early game impact? I'm pretty new so I have no idea. xD

Sona PingJun 17, 20161 votes

What? The nerf had nothing to do with mages. Those who benefited from it are quite specifically NOT mages.

msk51Jun 17, 20161 votes

Well I guess not mages but mid laners. Like QSS could remove Zed debuff, Yauso ult, Fiddlesticks drain, Nidalee mark, those four things run off of ap or are champions who usually mid right? Sorry, I'm really new and please correct me if I'm mistaken.

msk51Jun 17, 20161 votes

Wow! i just called Nidalee a mid laner. xD But you get the main idea, QSS worked against mid laners or champs who ran off of AP right? Again, please tell me if I'm completely off.

EtyrnaIJun 17, 20161 votes

So..

I mean I'm not a lore guy by any means but Mages are suppose to be powerful, right?

I main Mid and play a pretty good amount of Mages. Rod of Ages is 'Cheap' however, let's not forget that it takes 10 Minutes just to reach it's full potential.

Also, certain Mages / matchups pretty much require that you have to build Rod of Ages and there isn't a choice of 'Oh, I'll just get it 2nd item' because by then, it's totally useless and your starting to stack way to late into the game.

You could say Spectre's Cowl is expensive however, with Merc Treads / Spirit Visage, Banshee's, or any other MR item pretty much deletes any 'Powerful' Mages early game.

Mages aren't over powered. You just have to understand the way in which they work, why it works, and how to find the opportune time to engage them. No different then I have to find the opportune time to engage others.

fullbacks63Jun 17, 20161 votes

rod of ages is a tanky item though, its not a bad itea to build it, I play blitzcrank support alot and i usually have it finished to go by 10 min or less.