Cheesy Double Reworked Bond Of Stone + Double Relic Shield + Double Tank/Bruiser Botlane Strat

ArnoldSchwarzens··5 votes·1,645 views

So if you take two champions that are able to permanently apply some form of CC since slows count aswell, they just use them on the enemy ADC, auto attack them, permanently heal each other scaling with their own HP and become extremely good at skirmishing and running the enemy down like a truck.

Since they would be so tanky and heal each other, combined with the lasthitting capabilities and healing they get from relic shield and its upgrades, they should in theory be able to survive lane.

And then there's also the current botlane meta to consider, utility/high range marksmen without a lot of mobility that are easy to catch, like Varus, Ashe and Jhin.

It would also free up the other lanes to take the carry position, since no one likes to play tanks these days.

As the title indicates, it's really cheesy and might just not work at all, especially if you can't actually stack it, we have to wait and see until its on the live servers though.

Candidates for this would be DrMundo Olaf Nautilus Thresh Braum Gnar TahmKench Sion Singed Maokai Nunu since they all stack HP and have spammable CC at their disposal.

Sadly, something like Alistar Blitzcrank etc. might not work as good as the others since their CC abilities are on a long cooldown.

21 Comments

BastionKross2 votes

I was waiting for thread to pop up again with the recent BoS changes.

It seems like it could work. I would try more for 2 juggernauts than 2 tanks (or 1 jugg and 1 tank) so that the champ(s) in that lane have some damage presence later on in a match, and four seconds should be more than long enough for a tank and jugg to murder a low level marksman or support without needing to constantly reapply the debuff.

Morde is so close to being a perfect candidate with his extra duo lane XP and dragon passive, but just doesn't have any way to apply the debuff without items first. Sad.

Of course, we'll have to see how the mechanics change on the PBE. Maybe they'll pull a Knight's Vow and not allow champs to proc each other's debuffs just like you can't have two champs Vow each other. Incidentally, one champ in this strat should probably build a Vow.

Big Lincoln1 votes

also consider champs with ranged poke

Illaoi would definitely benefit enormously, ESPECIALLY if allies can mark the spirit with bond of stone; if she hits them and both champs she'll regen like a monster in 2v2s

ArnoldSchwarzens2 votes

Eh, no CC, so cannot proc it herself. Iunno.

Big Lincoln4 votes

E slows

Irelia Bot4 votes

not applied often enough though.

Now if it applies from item slows then frozen mallet might return to the meta for more then just Gnar.

ArnoldSchwarzens3 votes

The problem I have with Rylai's/ Frozen Mallet combinations is that you won't have that item before the laning phase ends, making the strat somewhat redundant. You have to get a sighstone on one of the two and both want to build Relic Shield and its upgrades first.

What you have too look for is reliable, short cooldown CC on tanky champions that is inherent in their kit and can be applied at early levels.

KoggyStyle1 votes

gnar with mallet is scrub... yes i called everyone a scrub.... including myself.

He does not need it. never did.

ArnoldSchwarzens1 votes

It only slows whenever someone breaks free from the spirit connection or if the spirit is killed, and then only for 1.5 seconds, and it has a 20-15 second cooldown AND can be blocked by minions.

Not nearly as reliable a let's say, a Mundo cleaver which slows for 2 seconds every 4 seconds.

Irelia Bot1 votes

InB4 support tank Ashe becomes the new Meta

BotRK + Hurricane and then full tank

She has the perma slow so it would work.

Crett1 votes

Mordekaiser Maokai mao's ult makes them both tankier, morde can heal them both with W and mao has a self heal in his passive. consider rushing item 3109 on maokai for even more shared beefiness

Morde will be lacking for CC early on; so rushing rylai's is very important. after that, as long as they stick together the Fat is Real

That being said, Maokai lacks very sustainable CC, so I'm wondering if there's a better solution

Rebonack1 votes

This was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the new Bond of Stone (I'm rooting for 'Trollblooded Bond' as the new name for it. Trollbros unite!) It would be hilarious to watch a double shield, double Bond bottom lane sitting on the enemy's face whilst flexing and grunting.

zlumpy1 votes

Try out a leona panth botlane combo. Once one engages the target is pretty much gaurenteed to die if caught. Pair leona ults with panth ult for some late game panth slams and you got yourself a decent pairing.

Ryuyah1 votes

Ashe Braum ?

Illâoi Evê Siôn1 votes

I don't think it would be worth taking it on a ranged champion if another melee champion on your team already has it. Because it's only half as effective, you have to build a lot of Health for it to be strong, and it gets almost automatically overrun by your melee allies' proc for everyone else.

DarkRitual1 votes

You forgot Riot's last attempt at a double-relic shield bot lane carry: Mordekaiser

Nechronia1 votes

"They fucked it up once, therefore it's impossible"

KoggyStyle1 votes

MF/Urgot is pretty fkin disgusting.

ProtestantCaesar1 votes

I wonder if Swain 's bird attack (you know, the one where the bird attacks and slows nearby enemies) will give multiple stacks of the new Bond. It damages multiple times, and I think the spell applies a slow every time it deals damage. That could be several stacks of the new Bond.

ArnoldSchwarzens1 votes

You can only have one stack healing you at a time but slowing will reset it, which means that someone attacking a champion that is slowed by Beatrice will heal him-or herself until the slow stops and then also get healed for 2 seconds after that. That's why you want to have spamable or ideally permanent forms of CC when you take the new Bond of Stone.

Maddened King 1 votes

The return of the dynamic duo! Leona JarvanIV

kasfas1 votes

I see BoS Darius and Braum, double fathoms start with Braum building knights vow second and Darius does whatever. The bot lane synergy will demolish!

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