Towers aren't safe

King Rei·10/16/2014, 12:02:44 AM·4 votes·1,000 views

Assassin's and Tanks don't care about Towers, you know, the things that fortify the base supposedly? Fizz got an early romp due to a d/c and roam up top, and with two kills tower dove me, yes as a squishy adc, but none the less managed to down me at tower without help and taking maybe 1 shot and a few auto's from me. He isn't the only one who can do this, and personally I think tanks are worse. I'm just wondering, are towers ever going to mean something outside of the first 5 minutes of the game? By end game they are literally butter waiting to be cut before the nexus. They don't seem to sync up with death timer's end game incredibly well. I know you don't want a forever game, but... I don't know

12 Comments

Ark Angel HFB10/16/2014, 1:41:20 AM5 votes

I'm going to say something that has been said since season 1... and all of you newer player should listen...

You are there to protect the tower... not the other way around.

DarthSpectrum10/16/2014, 12:35:17 AM1 votes

Against a tank who built full health and armor, I am not even sure towers do 5% of their health on the first hit. This problem is worsen by the problem that towers stop scaling ~30 minutes in to the game. At late game, they are no longer a threat to any healthy opponent who bothered to stack some defense.

Before that though, the only champion who can reliably get away with dives is Fizz. His Q has incredible scaling, and E negates any damage, even stuns. In theory, other champions with invincibility such as Yi or Fiora can also tower dive; however, they often do not deal enough damage nor can they control where they end up.

(Also, in a the scenario of facing a Fizz and imminent death, don't auto him. Fizz has 2 ninja tobis built in for his passive; use an AD scaling skill if you can)

According to Surrender at 20, Riot is buffing towers. An inevitable effect is that games generally last twice as long. Towers stop scaling for a reason, and that is to end the game early. Nevertheless, the problem isn't with towers, it is with the champions who can get away with tower dives. Dueling anyone with kits like that, you would not have won nevertheless without any towers anyway.

AtheosisX10/16/2014, 1:30:00 AM1 votes

They are "safer" not "safe". You are never "safe" in this game.

FooDang10/16/2014, 2:15:09 AM1 votes

Your support should have Exhausted him...

Llanite10/16/2014, 4:02:20 AM1 votes

They never say you are 100% safe under tower. Otherwise, you know, they could have given tower 10000000 dmg.