Prebuilt Path to teach players that play Crit-based champions how to build?

TehNACHO·7/19/2016, 8:14:34 PM·1 votes·245 views

Anyone else notice the fairly obvious skeleton to Crit based builds?

They want their IE/ER (Cloak of Agility (or BF Sword)) They want a Zeal item to fill out IE/ER's passive (Zeal) They want Boots (Boots of Speed) They want a Lifesteal item (Vampiric Scepter) And, typically as the carry of the team, they want a Last Whisper Upgrade

In other words, we can easily display the components as so: item 3031item 3508 | item 3086 | item 1001 | item 1053 | item 3035

This could easily be a stepping stone for newer players how to build dynamically, make it clear the difference between core items (IE/ER) or more dynamic items (each Zeal item has a niche that they excel in), and the skeleton build doesn't even take up 6 whole slots, forcing the player to consider on their own how they want to use that 6th item slot.

Before anyone calls this a cookie cutter build path that restricts players, consider that there are 3 Zeal items for melees and 4 for ranged, 2 boots for offense and 7 boots in total, up to 6 lifesteal items depending on the champion or on the opponents, and 2 Last Whisper items. Anywhere from 12 to well over 300 possible and viable combinations depending on the circumstances. This is ignoring the 6th item slot, or that some Crit based champions can use either IE or ER to equal strength. By giving the skeleton components many options for many scenarios to build into, all it does is simplifies the process, there is no sacrifice (at least in my eyes) the more dynamic and strategically interesting part of tailoring your build game for game.

I don't think every class should have a skeleton build - Dive Fighters would be the absolute worst to try this with due to their ability to fluidly function from a full engage Tank to effectively an Assassin - but I honestly think that highlighting it where it does exists, especially in Marksmen and other Crit users for this example, could genuinely help the League community address its newer players and build a clear path for them to improve their abilities.

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