Ohmwrecker

Jbels··1 votes·385 views

Oh yeah. I'm bringing THIS item up. I bet a decent amount of us forget this item even still exists in the game. I have one question for you, Riot. What the hell is up with this item? I know you hear people say, "Nobody buys Wit's End", or "Who even still buys Mejai's?", even though some champions can actually still benefit from buying these items, even if it's rare that they do. But when I say nobody buys Ohmwrecker, oh boy do I mean NOBODY BUYS THIS ITEM. And that has remained a fact consistently since...holy crap, since I started playing this game before season 3 started. I can't think of a single season where this item was popular after I started (if anybody can, please tell).

Is there a reason this item gathers dust on the shelf? I know you won't delete it from the game because it was the reward for somebody meeting the friend referral incentive, but come on man, do SOMETHING with it! I see it get its stats moved around every preseason, but still nobody buys it. Are there any plans for this item in the pipe? Anything at all? Because as it stands, Ohmwrecker is taking up item space that could definitely be better utilized.

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Aenaeus1 votes

It's devoted to a YouTuber, that's the only reason it's even an existing item.

Jbels1 votes

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It's devoted to a YouTuber, that's the only reason it's even an existing item.

I get that, but is its active effect also devoted to that youtuber? Isn't it enough that the item exists? Can't Riot actually do something to make it viable?

Erockandroll1 votes

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I get that, but is its active effect also devoted to that youtuber? Isn't it enough that the item exists? Can't Riot actually do something to make it viable?

Honestly, I can think of at least one fatal flaw in it's design. Because it's active exclusively works on Turrets, it's actives' value goes down, as the turrets begin to fall. (Because you will have fewer targets)

On top of that, it's kinda competing against both Banner and Portal for being a support (ish) siege item. In my opinion, Ohmwreaker would work better as a component item, than as the end item.

Jbels1 votes

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Honestly, I can think of at least one fatal flaw in it's design. Because it's active exclusively works on Turrets, it's actives' value goes down, as the turrets begin to fall. (Because you will have fewer targets)

On top of that, it's kinda competing against both Banner and Portal for being a support (ish) siege item. In my opinion, Ohmwreaker would work better as a component item, than as the end item.

That would be pretty interesting actually, I wonder what an item that Ohmwrecker builds into would look like

La Belle Sauvage1 votes

Funny you bring this up, I plan on expirementing using this item and ZZ w/Leo this week. 3 tower shots seems like more divers would build this item.

Sirchachat1 votes

item 3056 + Leona is brilliant.

Sleeperbat1 votes

Very seldom do I buy the Ohmwrecker. It seems the only time I buy it is when someone brings up the fact that people don't buy it. Then I buy it just for the heck of it. I can only recall one time playing when the enemy team had it.

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