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What happened to the Abyssal Rework?

Dªy·1/27/2016, 1:24:01 PM·7 votes·1,148 views

Is this item not going to be reworked?

Is a Tank/Bruiser MR shred/Magic Damage item not wanted anymore?

This one:

> **Abyssal Scepter **item 3001 [Currently disabled as of the 5/13 update] Abyssal Scepter has been reworked in today's update.] Total Cost: 2500 gold Recipe: Amp Tome + Ruby Crystal + Negatron Cloak + 815g New stats & effects: +30 Ability Power +250 Health +60 Magic Resist UNIQUE Passive:Every 4 seconds emanates a pulse dealing 80 (+5 per champion level) magic damage to nearby enemy champions and reduces their Magic Resist by 15% for 10 seconds (stacks up to 3 times, up to 45%)

This was patch 5.13 on PBE

Currently tanks/bruisers/juggernauts that deal mostly magic damage only have few viable item choices to help amplify their damage (since they usually don't have great ap scalings) such as item 3091 item 3068 . The other magic damage choices are all focused at mages and don't see much use in co-ordinated or competitive play.

While tanks/bruisers/juggernauts that deal mostly attack damage have a far greater option of item choices like item 3071 item 3022 item 3748 item 3078 To name just a few.

Don't get me wrong, those are viable items for nearly all tank/bruisers/juggernauts that want extra damage. But as you can probably guess, the ad scaling just benefits those AD champs more so than a Maokai or a Shen.

11 Comments

Big Lincoln1/27/2016, 1:31:14 PM2 votes

prob cus AP tanks have ridiculous amounts of cc

and still have really good base damage

Abyssphere1/27/2016, 1:39:29 PM2 votes

Come on guys this was soooooooo long ago now.

They cancelled the Ab Scep rework because they didn't have an appropriate replacement for the current Ab Scep's use in the game. Giving AP tanks their own MR shredding Sunfire Cape was a cool idea but Abyssal is an important item for mages, particularly short-ranged ones (Lissandra Ahri Kassadin) and even more, AP fighters (Diana Elise). It wasn't worth making itemisation for the majority of the AP class worse for the sake of giving Sejuani and Amumu a cool item.

The best chance Ab Scep has of getting its rework is after the mage update in June, because they might make a suitable replacement for its use on mages then.

DeathBurst1/27/2016, 4:32:56 PM2 votes

I really hope the itemization pass during the mage update will be done well and that we will have a better ecosystem on the AP side of things. Currently, it's a strange world where AP Tanks and Pure Mages all build the same AP items.

Speedphoenix1/27/2016, 9:19:19 PM2 votes

What about the mandrake ward?

Meep Man1/27/2016, 4:38:14 PM1 votes

Mage Rework? Not sure, but I definitely feel like this is a Mage item, even if those that use it are close range Mages. Should get updated in Mage update, along with other lesser used Mage items.