@Riot a question about Lethality, Aegis's Aura, and Abyssal Scepter

D2Vincent·Oct 19, 2016·1 votes·602 views

Regarding Lethality, the removal of Aegis's MR Aura, and the removal of Abyssal Scepter's MR shred (and instead replaced with Magic damage increase), I'm starting to notice a trend here. I think Riot is starting to perhaps phase out "Shredding" (Armor/MR removal) for similar means. The question I have is whether or not the same changes will be done to other champions as well. (The only champs I can think of right now are Kayle's Passive, and Karthus's W.) Will we be seeing changes to them, where Kayle might have it so her attacks instead increase damage done to champs by 5% each stack, or have Karthus's W increase Magic Damage by 5/10/15/20/25 percent? I'm just curious is all :P

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The Yetii RiderOct 19, 20161 votes

Other champs that shred: Xin Zhao, Wukong, Vi, Sion, Renekton

Answer: No, because they didn't touch Cleaver.

ViiLLAiNOct 19, 20161 votes

Corki

OrinneOct 19, 20161 votes

On Lethality, the formula is set at 0.4X + ((0.6X * Y)/18) = Flat pen amount (X for Lethality amount, Y for champion level)

So if you have the new Serrated Dirk, which gives +15 Lethality, on a level 1 champion, you penetrate 6.5 armor, and on a level 18 champion, you penetrate the full 15.

The reasoning behind Abyssal Scepter seems to be that it existed because Aegis aura was a (mandatory) thing, but since now that's gone, you can't just have an item that puts ranged champions at basically 0 MR, so they opted to just raise the damage by 10% which is a bit of a nerf on tankier targets and a slight buff on any champion who absolutely doesn't purchase MR.

Put simply, they aren't really phasing out armor/MR penetration/shredding. Armor pen is just being adjusted to be weaker early game and returns to full power on a champion at level 18 (which also means Lethality can come in larger numbers than armor pen did) and abyssal was removed because aegis was removed because aegis was a necessary purchase no matter how little MR it actually gave.