http://www.surrenderat20.net/2017/09/927-pbe-update.html
Gargoyle Stoneplate [Context] New Recipe: [Chain Vest + Negatron Cloak + Stopwatch + 380g] Combine cost lowered from 980g to 380g Unique Active - Metallicize cooldown increased from 90 seconds to 92 seconds
cooldown is being increased by 2 secs
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That's the kind of nerf you expect on Ardent Censer, or anything else enforcing this adcs fuck everything else meta.
Damn, rip stoneplate.
Let's take a look at this from an objective angle: ardent censer received a pretty fairly sized nerf because it directly affects damage output on a champion archetype (ADC) multiplicatively and leads to a sizeable powerspike. Gargoyles Stoneplate does not directly affect champion power, thus it can afford a larger power budget. In extreme cases (like Cho'Gath) it can affect offensive power, but those fringe cases have been dealt with by changing the base/bonus health ratio on the active.
TL;DR - Defensive items are less likely to receive sizeable nerfs because they don't contribute directly to the offensive power level of the champion.
I laughed harder than I should have, +1 mate lololol
I wonder if it has anything to do with the 15% CDR the new mastery gives Stoneplate?
...Eh.
Wait, stoneplate is getting the consumable stopwatch added to it's buildpath? Does that mean you can't build it if you consume the item before you buy stoneplate?
Just a guess, but it was probably supposed to be current CD times two, but went plus two instead.
It just occurred to me, while discussing these item nerfs, that that certain items like Ardent Censer have flown over my head for the two years I've played.
I'm not sure what is more sad.
The fact that I'm and ADC and Support main who did not know how to abuse this item, or that I get flamed by everyone, whenever I do not abuse this item.
Either way, I lose. ha ha
Oh, or the occasional time I build this item, and then get called trash by the enemy team because I unknowingly abused the mechanics of an item I didn't really understand, and then won as a result.
F T W
This is super strange because it will be super hard to build late game when you have like 5 complete items, i guess this is a 2-3 item now?
