I love crit builds and they can really be a lot of fun, but I don't want to feel forced to build it like in previous seasons with half the ADCs going for Infinity Edge right away.
Thoughts?
IMO crit builds should be the only option. Whole idea behind marksmen class is that you are supposed to build full damage, and rely on your team for survival. Penetration builds don't really have that property.
they need to nerf pen and crit or buff defensive items and give warmogs 2% max hp regen at all times
I saw someone suggest base armor penetration as an alternative. This will make these items more effective against champions who do not stack armor (a.k.a squishies), making them more suited for assassins, opposed to fighters, bruisers, ADCs....
With this change, tanks will feel more viable against those previously mentioned classes because they are no longer as effective with armor pen.
In return they can actually return to higher base damage numbers
i think it should be the other way, marksman should be stat bound to crit chance just as juggernauts are stat bound to raw health, it makes designing them easier when they build their intended items (preferably items that don't muddy their weaknesses)
it's part of why yasuo is so tied into his double crit chance, if he wasn't heavily pushed towards building crit he'd build stuff like triforce>steraks>tank and god we don't want that.
crit items generally lack health or defensive stats, and you need to ussually stack 2-3 crit items to make them efficient so there's little room for defensive itemization, this makes champions who are bound to crit innately glass cannons
and with crit they can have strengths in their kit that compensate for being made of glass\
i love my youmouu's black cleaver lucian just as much as the next guy but i understand why it's kinda nuts
just wish BF sword was 1100 gold like dirk, god i love dirk
