Swifties didn't need a nerf after the boot enchant removal

trendsetter·6/2/2016, 3:00:47 PM·48 votes·1,452 views

"Reducing the speed they give should help the other options find their footing." I hardly see people build swifties as it is after the previous movespeed nerf, tenacity nerf, and price increase. The merc tread buff ensured that it would be the better option most of the time. Now, the only incentive to buy swifties is an extra 10 movement speed, which really isn't worth the trade-off of a better passive.

If my math is correct, given 400 movespeed with mercs and a 30% slow, you would be able to travel 444 units in 1.5 seconds. With swifties, you can only travel 430.5 units over the same time frame. This effect is more noticeable as the slow percent increases. While this is intended, the slightly higher ms doesn't justify its diminishing effectiveness of achieving a higher average ms.

11 Comments

cinomenapplebae6/2/2016, 3:50:48 PM2 votes

I don't think they needed a nerf item 3009 are really situational unlike almost all the other boots you could build then any time but boots of swiftness you only build when the enemy has some cc

Critmaster Garen6/2/2016, 3:09:42 PM1 votes

i never buy them anymore.

i find myself almost always picking up item 3047 today.

12% reduced auto attack damage from the adc is so much bigger right now. plus a lot of people running jax and irelia due to the triforce changes.

item 3006 got buffed aswell, so thats even more reason to reduce auto attack damage.

with a lot of mobile auto attackers in every game, if i cant chase people down anyways, might aswell take 12% less damage from them.

MunchCrunchLunch6/2/2016, 11:54:52 PM1 votes

swifties are overnerfed. they were my go to boots because we buy boots to get faster right. so i get the fastest ones. right now they are completely outclassed by everything. 10 extra ms or buy something with combat stats

Profirix6/3/2016, 12:10:25 AM1 votes

You are more than likely still going to get kited, even if you buy item 3009 . The item isn't doing its intended job of providing kite relief to melee champions. Now they aren't honestly cost effective anymore. Just buy item 3111 for the tenacity which affects slow duration as well.

MLDzXnRRR6/3/2016, 2:29:17 PM1 votes

I tried today item 3117 on Xin and got permakited before I could reach my targets. So Swifties are still better.

MuyAstuto6/3/2016, 2:55:42 PM1 votes

If Riot wants to give them a unique identity other than "move fast all the time," then they need to add another passive. Something like a duration reduction for slows. These should be the boots you buy specifically to deal with slows, but right now they are a weak alternative to mercs.