Regarding the planned critical item changes, what i would do

Galiö··5 votes·3,456 views

i will preface this that i am not part of the balance team or even use champions based off of crit, but because of recent Youtube criticisms and input on my reply to the Dev Corner post i decided i would make changes i would think would work and be interesting .

i know it can use some tuning, its just a direction i'd prob prefer.

This would have 3 zeal items, 3 cloak items, and more AD centric options for critical items.

Then possibly of having unique crit type items like: stormrazer and a possibility one or two new items.

item 1051 10% unique Critical

item 3086 20% Unique Critical (price unchanged)

Cloak of Agility: +20% Critical Chance, Cost 800 Gold

item 3094 Zeal (1300 Gold) + Long Sword (350 Gold) + Dagger (300 Gold) + 850 Gold +30% Attack Speed +30 Attack Damage +20% Unique Critical, +10% Critical +7% Movement Speed

UNIQUE – FIRECANNON: Your next basic attack gains 40% increased range (up to a maximum of +175 range) and deals 60 − 125 (+15% Bonus AD) (based on level) bonus magic damage on-hit.

item 3087 Zeal (1300 Gold) + Kirchels Shard (600 Gold) + 900 Gold +35% Attack Speed +20% Unique Critical, +10% Critical +7% Movement Speed

Unique: SHIV LIGHTNING: Your next basic attack (on-attack) sparks lightning that bounces up to 5 units within 400 range of each other, dealing 75 − 140 (+10% Bonus AD) (based on level) bonus magic damage on-hit.

item 3085 Zeal (1300 Gold) + Longsword (350 Gold) + Longsword (350 Gold) +800 Gold +25% Attack Speed +35 Attack Damage +20% Unique Critical, +10% Critical +7% Movement Speed

Unique: WIND'S FURY: Basic attacks fire additional bolts at up to 2 enemies near the primary target, each dealing 40% AD physical damage. Bolts can Critical strike icon critically strike and apply on-hit effects.

item 3508 Pickaxe + Caulfields Warhammer + Clock of Agility + Gold +60 Attack Damage +25% Critical Chance

Unique Passive: +20% Cooldown Reduction Unique Passive: Basic Attacks refund 1.5% of your missing mana

item 3046
Stinger (1100 gold) + Cloak of Agility (800 Gold) + 850 Gold +35% Attack Speed +25% Critical +10% Cooldown Reduction

Unique Passive: after hitting an enemy champion you gain 8% increased movement speed for 3 seconds.

Unique Passive: Lifeline

item 3031 BF Sword + Pickaxe + Cloak of Agility +70 Attack Damage +25% Critical Chance

UNIQUE: When Critical strike icon critically striking champions, converts 15% of critical strike damage to true damage.


item 3035 Long Sword + Long Sword + 750 Gold +20 Attack Damage

Unique: Last Whisperer +20% Armor Penetration

item 3033 Last Whisperer + Executioners Calling + 550 Gold +40 Attack Damage

Unique Passive: Last Whisperer +25% Armor Pen Unique Passive: Executioner

item 3036 Last Whisperer + Pickaxe + 525 Gold +40 Attack Damage

Unique Passive: Last Whisperer +35% Armor Pen

item 3161 BF Sword + Caulfields Warhammer +550 +75 Attack Damage +20% Cooldown Reduction

Unique Passive: New Essence Reaver Ripoff


Now onto my own item ideas for supplemental crit items or what something that supplement crit can look like.

There would be Stromrazor, Forgefire Bolt, and Tundratessen

Forgebolt: Serrated Dirk + Recurve Bow + Gold +45 AD +35% Attack Speed +20 Lethality

Unique Passive: upon moving and attacking you build up to 30% Crit Chance, upon dealing a critical strike this bonus is reset

Unique Passive: Basic Attacks deal +15 Physical Damage

Tundratessen: Recurve Bow + pickaxe + dagger + gold +40% attack speed +50 AD

Unique Passive: while you are above 70% Health you gain 20% Critical Chance

Unique Passive: each time you deal a critical strike you slow your enemy 10% for 3 seconds and this stacks up to 3 times.

Custom items listed are based off Volibear(stormrazer), Orrn (Forgebolt) and Anivia (Tundratessen)

6 Comments

Galiö1 votes

This was actually a lot of fun to do. Let me know what youd think of changes like these!

Elessar V1 votes

Unique crit on zeal items is absolute garbage. You wouldn't even be able to reach 70% crit without getting PD or ER which is very situational. ER doesn't make any sense on other ADCs than Sivir, Ashe and Xayah. Maybe Jhin but right now Stormrazor is better for him.

Zeal items are still too expensive and the 10% crit dmg conversion from IE is absolute garbage as it's on live right now. Make it 15% BONUS true dmg on crits and it could be good. Or at least give it 240-250% crit dmg, it was never a problem to begin with.

LW upgrades are too fucking expensive, LRD is just an overpriced LW of Season Season 5 - old LW cost around 2300 and new one is 2800. What the actual fuck?!

Altogether Riot's so called fix or buffs of crit items are just badly hidden nerfs, only ER is brought back to it's old users but altogether ADCs will lose even more powers and it will not solve any issues they are facing in the game right now. Riot has no fcking idea what they are doing, as usual. [zombie-brand-facepalm]

Galiö1 votes

Hmn I see. Good point.

But what if because of my idea of the zeal items, you can pump more power into their passives?

I agree maybe 15% on IE can be a better compramise (may be too strong on yasuo at that point but it's all good)

Also I think having sub 100% crit can be fine if there are unique ways of getting crit with item effect (so marksmen dont have 100% uptime) Like my made up items. But even without those I think 100% crit is too strong and need to be pushed further back and pump more power early in marksmen.

I'll edit the IE I listed

DreamersOfTheDay1 votes

Ah nope, not even close

Galiö1 votes

Ah darn! What dont u like? Curious?

Galiö1 votes

Made an Update to items, and Zeal Line Unique Abilities

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