Why aren't there any AP crit items?

xxxMadLionxxx··3 votes·1,224 views

There are plenty champs who could make excellent use of such items because they are attack based champs who have AP abilities.

MissFortune Lucian Ezreal Corki Kayle Teemo Kaisa Jhin Diana Mordekaiser MasterYi Nidalee TwistedFate Varus Viktor Shyvana Irelia XinZhao Tristana

Now, lets pretend we had an item like the following, (The passive could change, the whole point is the AP crit)

AP crit item example

100AP 40% crit passive: Speeds up attack/cast animations ( So there is less interference in casting abilities and attacking).

Every champ above could use something like this while not being broken. This would allow for decent AP hybrid build when combined with item 3031. And imaging if item 3115 could crit. A build like item 3115 item 3031 item 3020 item 3089 item 3285 plus the AP crit item would give the above ADCs decent auto attack damage, while powering specifc AP spells in their kit. Spells that have been underutilized from the beginning of lol would get a chance to shine. This would open so many alternative build paths on AD champs who have AP skills.

Why should such an item exist you may ask?

Because item 3508 exist for AD champs. item 3508 is actually a broken item that would be completely oppressive on AP champs. But since AD champs don't rely as much on their spells for damage, its turns out to be ok on them.

The same can be said for AP champs. They don't rely on auto attacks as much for damage so 40% crit on one item is not as busted as it would be on an AD champ because they would not access as much raw AD as AD champs would.

In any case, some tweaking is welcome, but I think an AP crit item would be a nice to add to AP itemization in general for the sake of diversity.

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Ahpe6 votes

Do you really want any of these champions to be critting you with their abilites?

Ahri Akali Anivia Annie AurelionSol Azir Brand Cassiopeia Diana Ekko Elise Evelynn Heimerdinger Karthus Kassadin Katarina Kennen Leblanc Lissandra Lux Malzahar Nidalee Swain Syndra Taliyah TwistedFate Velkoz Vladimir Zoe Zyra

xxxMadLionxxx2 votes

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Do you really want any of these champions to be critting you with their abilites?

Ahri Akali Anivia Annie AurelionSol Azir Brand Cassiopeia Diana Ekko Elise Evelynn Heimerdinger Karthus Kassadin Katarina Kennen Leblanc Lissandra Lux Malzahar Nidalee Swain Syndra Taliyah TwistedFate Velkoz Vladimir Zoe Zyra

I'm not saying the item would allow champs abilites to crit. That would be broken. I'm saying the item would allow hybrid ADC and auto attack based AP champs to go crit AP, where their auto attacks would do decent crit damage, while allowing them to build AP instead of AD.

None the the champs would have crit abilities, that would just be silly

Ahpe8 votes

Do you really want any of these champions to have AP crit?

Azir Kaisa KogMaw Kayle Teemo

xxxMadLionxxx2 votes

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Do you really want any of these champions to have AP crit?

Azir Kaisa KogMaw Kayle Teemo

The item would not be as busted on them as you think. Yes is has 40% crit, but it does not give AD, so the crit by itself isn't that effective. You would still need item 3031 to make it decent. Then champs like Teemo would continue to build AP, so the crit would be okay, but not as good as a full crit build.

The item would function more like item 3146 , powering both attacks and spells while giving no CDR or attack speed.

Warlord Rhinark2 votes

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The item would not be as busted on them as you think. Yes is has 40% crit, but it does not give AD, so the crit by itself isn't that effective. You would still need item 3031 to make it decent. Then champs like Teemo would continue to build AP, so the crit would be okay, but not as good as a full crit build.

The item would function more like item 3146 , powering both attacks and spells while giving no CDR or attack speed.

Sounds like a gimmick if I'm being honest.

wildfox995 votes

you forgot Veigar

shivers

Atmosphere1 votes

They don't have crit because most late game AP champs can already do the massive damage that crit allows them to do. While someone like Tristana can do a 800 damage crit full build, another champ like Vladimir or Ryze can do 1000 with a R-E or empowered Q/E-Q or W-E-Q. They don't need crit items because they already do enough damage at that stage of the game.

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