26 Comments

FireDrizzle9/28/2017, 6:46:32 AM16 votes

That's the kind of nerf you expect on Ardent Censer, or anything else enforcing this adcs fuck everything else meta.

Doozku9/28/2017, 10:23:46 AM4 votes

Damn, rip stoneplate.

Profirix9/28/2017, 6:29:11 PM3 votes

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.

Shuriman Curator9/28/2017, 9:42:20 AM3 votes

I laughed harder than I should have, +1 mate lololol

The Yetii Rider9/28/2017, 1:36:54 PM1 votes

I wonder if it has anything to do with the 15% CDR the new mastery gives Stoneplate?

...Eh.

Selegun9/28/2017, 6:33:47 PM1 votes

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?

JJI7449/28/2017, 7:36:28 PM1 votes

Just a guess, but it was probably supposed to be current CD times two, but went plus two instead.

Søn oƒ Echidnæ9/29/2017, 10:02:03 AM1 votes

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.

item 3504 F T W

just OK jungler10/2/2017, 2:01:43 PM1 votes

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?