I hate that some ADCs are more synergic with flat Armor Penetration than with Critical Chance

Darth Valer·7/24/2016, 6:59:43 PM·3 votes·790 views

Lucian and Jhin are the main offenders, but I've also seen Vayne (???) and Graves adc building Youmuu first item.

Imho some of their abilities should turn to magic damage and/or gain a crit. chance\damage scaling component.

6 Comments

ReshiKillim7/24/2016, 7:05:07 PM1 votes

Let's nerf Jhin's W AD ratio by 20%, and it crits as well as snares marked targets for 50% bonus damage! I like the sound of it.

Note: Jhin scales much harder with crits mid-late, but pen gets him a really good early game.

Rivuo7/24/2016, 7:05:42 PM1 votes

yeah the IE users are actually really hurt tbh. Ive noticed ive lost a lot more as caitlyn/ashe/varus(adc) when i fight lucian or jhin because that armor pen just absolutely does way too much damage. Since the intro of the armor pen a few months ago it just hasent been the same laning against lucian lol its like instaloss

TheHurricaneGamr7/24/2016, 7:19:41 PM1 votes

There's a trade-off though, or at least there should be. With item 3142 item 3071, your early game is great and you have a greater mid game impact at the expense of falling off in the later stages of the game. However, with a crit build, you get a multiplicative scaling curve. Not only are you getting AD, but you are getting Crit Chance to beef these basic attacks up as well as attack speed to apply your damage more often. That is why many AD carries are going for crit still over armor pen. Also, many people may not know this, but it is actually superior by the numbers to get a item 1038 and a item 3086 first. You then finish the zeal item and THEN purchase an item 3031 .

Apocalypsic7/24/2016, 9:13:29 PM1 votes

You talk about ADC's and armor pen but don't mention Quinn.

Are you mad man? Or have you just never been three shot by the bird lady with one item?

Quinn is super fun :)