The secret reason damage is so high:

FCJAAAAGOOOO·Apr 2, 2019·1 votes·1,346 views

Every champion focuses on doing damage because they play heavily around their (and their opponents') damage-based keystones.

There, you didn't even need to click on this thread; now you know.

Gameplay can shut down - we can all leave now. There's no use for it.

4 Comments

The thigh guyApr 2, 20192 votes

It’s not even just the keystones. They made armor and mr worthless so all this damage flying around is being turned into near constant true damage.

MAY I LEADApr 3, 20191 votes

Agreed. 9 Armor and 12.34 Magic Resist (particularly the Magic Resist) make quite a difference. It seems like a small amount but it really does make a difference.

I wish Riot would give us some actual options as far as defensive runes.

The thigh guyApr 3, 20191 votes

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Agreed. 9 Armor and 12.34 Magic Resist (particularly the Magic Resist) make quite a difference. It seems like a small amount but it really does make a difference.

I wish Riot would give us some actual options as far as defensive runes.

Well I mean because of the mass amounts of %pen in the game.

ArtumisPrimeApr 3, 20191 votes

It's a combination of a lot of things, really.

More penetration in items (moreso AD items)
Less armor/MR/HP on items
Higher damage output runes/masteries (fuck keystones for real)
Lower (in S8 completely removed) armor/MR runes
The penetration formula was changed (used to be flat first, then %; now it's the other way around...though I think they did this a long time ago, don't remember for sure.)
The vast majority of champion buffs are to damage, and nerfs are to defensive stats/abilities