More than just MR is making Thornmail miserable right now

darkdill··2 votes·342 views

Death's Dance and Phantom Dancer are also contributing to making Thornmail deal pretty much zero damage to their intended targets: ADCs. Combine MR, lifesteal, DD and PD, and Thornmail's looking pretty useless.

Should something be done to offset how those items are screwing Thornmail over, or should the entire item just be taken back to the drawing board?

8 Comments

Theorchero1 votes

How about you make it deal damage based off of premitigation instead of fucking scaling with your armor like it fucking used to be?

darkdill1 votes

It still does that, just at 15% instead of 35%. Riot wanted it to be a tank-only item, and made it crap in the process.

ZephyrDrake1 votes

thornmail does that thing even exist? i thought it was in a corner crying withitem 3056 and item 2302 due to how pointless and useless they are

hsumis1ove1 votes

Thornmail isn't as anti-carry as attack speed slowing items are. I find as a vayne main a tank with frozen heart, and randuins, hurts more than thornmail.

Rivuo1 votes

If you buy a thornmail on a tank, it will force the enemy adc to buy lifesteal AND armor pen.

I honestly hate when people buy thornmail because it forces adcs to "dont touch that guy".

I think thornmail is fine and not weak at all.

Skias1 votes

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If you buy a thornmail on a tank, it will force the enemy adc to buy lifesteal AND armor pen.

I honestly hate when people buy thornmail because it forces adcs to "dont touch that guy".

I think thornmail is fine and not weak at all.

Cause thats so hard to do with main builds

LordGeovanni1 votes

you mean the life style that you would have bought any way and get the very first item they buy

LordGeovanni1 votes

mr is pretty shit but thornmails isnt easy to build and with all the other overloaded items comming out thron mails wound need 400 hp to keep up and 200 just to do better off. but you are right moreso than magic resist squishies having items that make just damage disappear on them is pretty bs and having crits and life steal while tanks can't do damage because they are tanky but cant survive a burst combo from 2 champions

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