Magic Resist losing it?

Avios1·Dec 7, 2014·4 votes·795 views

Hello, Avios here, as much as I am satisfied with League of Legends overall, one thing bugs the heck outta me.

Magic Resist.

There is so little of it for my taste, back in season 2, Force of Nature was removed, and the major Magic resist item in the game was gone. Now, Negatron cloak has been removed along with other items, and Magic resist items give less now then there once was. If a Rioteer could explain this to me, I would be grateful. Thanks to everyone and keep exploding Nexuses for me!

           -Avi

9 Comments

SaiannaDec 7, 20142 votes

Cuz Riot doesn't like tanks, assassins or bruisers.

Epilogue of LifeDec 7, 20141 votes

they don't like tanks and bruisers? Explain Udyr....

SaiannaDec 8, 20142 votes

In Riots eyes Udyr is ranged AD mage carry. That's only explanation :S

Epilogue of LifeDec 8, 20141 votes

no they think everyone deserves a little buttfuck once in a while via this retarded dude who thinks he's a were-tiger/turtle/bear/bird.

Teridax68Dec 7, 20142 votes

I don't fully agree with this: while you'll never find an item with 70 or 100 MR, as you can with armor, magic resistance is more common, and while item 1033 is not an easy early game purchase, Magic Resist items are cheap to fully build from the mid game onwards.

The problem with MR stacking is that getting too much of it too easily shuts down most AP champions: unlike AD champions, who mostly specialize in DPS and can just keep going until their victim dies, most AP champions rely on a burst rotation to deal most of their damage, after which they become fairly weak. Force of Nature allowed tanks and bruisers to ignore most of a mage's burst, regenerate what health they lost, and power through, making mages practically useless (mages did not have a good time in Season 2). While players have a lot of different options to mitigate magic damage, if they want to have enough MR to completely shut down the enemy mage or AP assassin they're going to have to dedicate a lot of item slots for it (by contrast, you just need a few armor slots to get tons of armor, but it doesn't entirely stop the enemy marksman from killing you, given enough time).

Negatron Cloak is also being reinstated on some items in the PBE (namely, item 3026 and the upcoming ZZ'Rot Portal). The main reason it was removed in the first place was due to the price and MR hike on Null-Magic Mantle: what with it giving +25 MR from the start, and mid-tier MR items like item 3211 , item 3105 and item 3140 giving between 30 and 40 MR (so not that much more), there wasn't really a need to include yet another middle item for those recipes.

Tannhäuser GateDec 7, 20141 votes

AND Mpen is cheaper per point than armor pen

Duke AnaxDec 7, 20141 votes

it was just a tes,t Preseason is always in flux, Negatron will be put back next patch.

ZaikyoDec 7, 20141 votes

I agree that there are not enough magic resist options or diversity. The overall stength of the Magic resist items that do exist is pretty good, but the diversity just isn't there. Luckily, in most games I'll never need as much MR and I'll need Armor due to magic damage normally (Things like Azir/onhit champs break this) being restricted by cooldowns.