Those Abysal Scepter Changes...

Evalerian·5/13/2015, 7:52:14 PM·90 votes·6,176 views

item 3070 Diana item 3070

+30 Ability Power +250 Health +60 Magic Resist
UNIQUE Passive:Every 4 seconds emanates a pulse dealing 80 (+5 per champion level) magic damage to nearby enemy champions and reduces their Magic Resist by 15% for 10 seconds (stacks up to 3 times, up to 45%)

InB4 Amumu rises to 100% win rate.

162 Comments

Drunk Rummate5/13/2015, 7:59:40 PM30 votes

wtf that completely ruins it as a defensive item for short range mages into ap assassins as well

AtheosisX5/13/2015, 7:57:49 PM26 votes

Did they just item buff Sejuani? Really? Rofl...

pE4CbxDPQO5/13/2015, 8:01:31 PM23 votes

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InB4 Amumu rises to 100% win rate.

200% winrate

Critmaster Garen5/13/2015, 8:43:53 PM18 votes

oh great. rumble is not gonna be a pest at all.

edit.: 45% mr shred? are you fucking kidding me? with 60 mr and 250 health, id probably build this shit on garen, lmao. well. time to spam rumble in ranked. vlad is gonna profit from this aswell.

if this sticks, im gonna be really fucking surprised.

Morsigil5/13/2015, 10:54:54 PM13 votes

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The Yetii Rider5/13/2015, 8:00:15 PM10 votes

No, with Cinderhulk, Abyssal Scepter AND Despair, Amumu will have 3 different ridiculous sources of Magic Damage over time, as well as his passive and his Abyssal Scepter shredding MR to make it almost true damage.

Edit: Just noticed that this item gives MORE MR than item 3065 or item 3102 . Such balance

Jasiwel5/13/2015, 9:53:44 PM8 votes

Welp, there goes my go-to buy for Viktor against LeBlanc or Fizz.

These changes are absolutely unnecessary. They should just make another item if they're going to change it this drastically.

BluePolarizer5/13/2015, 11:11:12 PM6 votes

Sejuani you Amumu thought Nautilus we Gragas were Malphite broken DrMundo before?Vladimir

MetalGearTeemu5/14/2015, 12:12:09 AM5 votes

Arise AP Tankplank.

It is time for you to show them that you are a pirate.

Kieferr5/13/2015, 10:35:07 PM4 votes

GG amumu sejuani 99.9% winrate in soloq

NorthernDruid5/13/2015, 11:58:29 PM4 votes

That AP is kinda really pathetic.

If it's gonna be an offensive/defensive bruiser item then give it some actual AP and not top tier MR.

This is really a strong buff to existing AoE magic damage dealing TANKS like Ammumu and Sejuani.

Abyssal Scepter is something I really want to be able to get when I'm more offensive focused on any close range AP champion. When I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of offensive power for resistances (like building it instead of Void Staff when they're not building much MR, or i'm not the main damage source).

Even if they make a new item with decent AP+MR, that one probably won't have any mPen of any kind.

The new passive looks interesting enough, but the low low AP just makes it so unattractive. When I'm a bruiser or an AP champion of any kind, I wanna deal damage and pressure using my abilities, not fiddly passives on items.

aaronconlin5/13/2015, 10:58:38 PM3 votes

Nautilus mmmm

IwfiKe3qjM5/13/2015, 8:12:08 PM2 votes

IMO too much MR (reduce a little and increase HP instead) too much pulse damage (base reduced from 80 to 70 and gain 4 per level instead of 5) too much TOTAL %MR reduce (45% better be around 40%)

sounds like item 1057 + item 1052 + item 1028 for me... and total price around 2500-2600...

item 3068 + item 3071 combined with some changes???

Jeddy0175/14/2015, 12:01:59 AM2 votes

I read a tweet from a Rioter saying they wanted to make Abyssal the ap equivalent of the new Black Cleaver.So basically making an ideal item for AP bruisers over you're standard mage or AP assassin. Though,this completely fucks over options for said mage & AP assassins.item 3028/item 3174 is now the only option you can get if you don't want a Leblanc to fuck you in the ass early. Mid laners needs some defense options like top laners.Just because they should focus on damage,they don't have the benefit of a support like the ADC.

Raxxius5/14/2015, 1:45:39 AM2 votes

These changes firmly plant it in the ap bruiser/tank ball park. Tanks lock up with CC and deal all magic damage from their abilities. The synergy with Sunfire cape/cinderhulk is strong and the sustained grind down is a strong part of tanks damage, it has decent defensive stats as well.

Problem I have with this item is it now sits in a very crowded Mr + health pool. We have Banshees, Spirit Visage, Locket, Banner of Command, and now Abyssal Scepter. Banner of Command is already struggling for attention, and it's very rare that you get more than one MR item due to void staff anyway.

I'd be looking at getting this on Voli as well, his ult + roar are magic damage + cinderhulk, tanks for playing

Delioth5/14/2015, 4:35:12 AM2 votes

I need this, sunfire, and then health+regen items. I will play Mundo. Mundo will go as he pleases, killing everything by standing there. Nothing can stop Mundo.

Erijian5/14/2015, 8:36:54 AM1 votes

So why did they nerf Cinderhulk, and then proceed to add in an item which directly buffs it by allowing Immolate to deal more damage?

FourVsFive5/13/2015, 8:52:33 PM1 votes

So I assuming we shld just give up in building MR items... 45%+void staff = 80% reduction ow...

RavenKouhai5/14/2015, 4:44:23 AM1 votes

5 damage per champ level with 80 base? is it just me or is that a FUCKTON of damage? That's like 120 every 4 seconds mid game plus half mr shred.