With these true damage updates it looks like mages are being indirectly needed again...

Nøctμrne··4 votes·974 views

All AD champs now have the ability to have a source of true damage available for their builds, Although many will not pick it, it is still an option, whereas mages are left with no options.

This being said, Armor is now much more useless against champions with high amounts of true damage, and being a tank will become more focused on stacking HP.

With this in mind, tanks will still be extremely effective against all mages, so if you guys are going to flip this game upside down and give all AD champs an item with a source of true damage on top of Conqueror, why are AP champs not being given am equal opportunity.

To be fair, I don't like the true damage updates at all, but if Riot is going to flip this game upside down, they should bring mages with the chaos and give them an item dealing true damage to balance it out.

This will lead to mages being seemingly more useless, as stacking HP/mr will be more useful than stacking HP/armor. Discuss!

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Eedat2 votes

All AD champs now have a viable source of true damage available for their builds. (Although some won't pick it, it is still available for use).

I started reading and have a big issue with the first sentence. No, not all AD champs will have a viable source of true damage. IE requires multiple crit items which just straight up is not viable on a ton of the AD roster outside of Marksmen.

Nøctμrne1 votes

Yeah I had an issue with it too, it won't be viable, its just an option used to make a point, whereas mages have no options, I'll fix it.

Eedat2 votes

But its not really an option if its nowhere close to being viable. Thats like saying every champ has access to true damage because you could take smite

ValiantKiller1 votes

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I started reading and have a big issue with the first sentence. No, not all AD champs will have a viable source of true damage. IE requires multiple crit items which just straight up is not viable on a ton of the AD roster outside of Marksmen.

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/pFpFJjmA-i-dont-think-we-need-to-fear-assassins-in-810-more-than-this-champions

I think the 3 champions i mentioned here, going to be the real problem.

BALDG1VEN BOOMER1 votes

You only need to build one HP/MR item to be useful against a mage unless they’re a full AP comp, more MR stacking will likely be useless.

If anything tanks are probably just going to have a much harder time in general when it comes to not taking 2k damage before reaching the ADC.

Dead flag blues1 votes

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You only need to build one HP/MR item to be useful against a mage unless they’re a full AP comp, more MR stacking will likely be useless.

If anything tanks are probably just going to have a much harder time in general when it comes to not taking 2k damage before reaching the ADC.

This is the issue. item 3194 item 3065 or even item 3001 are already negating mages (not to mention item 3155 item 3139), so why give ADCs true damage when the biggest "resistance issue" has been affecting mages for so long ?

BALDG1VEN BOOMER1 votes

I’m not a game designer so I can’t answer that.

ValiantKiller1 votes

{quoted}

All AD champs now have the ability to have a source of true damage available for their builds, Although many will not pick it, it is still an option, whereas mages are left with no options.

This being said, Armor is now much more useless against champions with high amounts of true damage, and being a tank will become more focused on stacking HP.

With this in mind, tanks will still be extremely effective against all mages, so if you guys are going to flip this game upside down and give all AD champs an item with a source of true damage on top of Conqueror, why are AP champs not being given am equal opportunity.

To be fair, I don't like the true damage updates at all, but if Riot is going to flip this game upside down, they should bring mages with the chaos and give them an item dealing true damage to balance it out.

This will lead to mages being seemingly more useless, as stacking HP/mr will be more useful than stacking HP/armor. Discuss!

Trust most of tankers, mage and ad fighters will be throw in trash soon after that change, i see 3 champions only making use of that abuse of true damage and light armor to counter non true damage champions https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/pFpFJjmA-i-dont-think-we-need-to-fear-assassins-in-810-more-than-this-champions like i said here

Ifneth1 votes

If they stack health, then it’s time for item 3151 and item 3116

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