Riots removal of spell vamp going to hurt Akali?

AMADEUSdotEXE··1 votes·461 views

I dont like fighting her anyways, just wondering if this will make getting counter picked by her more "winnable" or whatever the word is when i don't have the opportunity to ban her. I know Gunblade is a core item so I'm jw if the MYMU items will make her weaker or stronger considering her main item is going to be losing Spell vamp which means she'll be relying on her passive (spell vamp runes getting trashed too?) for sustain in laning and combat. Also since I'm here is Riven a good pick to her? Any good champ to counterpick with Riven I'll take. Im realistically hoping that it will weaken her because I feel like it would make laning against her as a Yasuo main a lot less hellish, considering she might not get as much of a powerspike with Revolver which in turn would make getting counterpicked by her a lot less: stay under turret, roam, or hope your jungler will actually gank you (not all bronze junglers gank lanes that are pushed to turret).

Anyways, Yes? No? I can't really tell, I havent seen any footage of her yet with the reworked gunblade so I dont know if she's weaker or stronger on Pbe.

6 Comments

GaleWinUnleashed2 votes

Spell Vamp is not getting removed. Only certain spell vamp items, such as Hextech Revolver. Gunblade is keeping its "omni-vamp", so the main impact on Akali is the lack of spell vamp items earlier in the game. As such, it's possible she may be getting an early-game buff to make up for her usual purchase of Revolver early on.

AMADEUSdotEXE1 votes

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Spell Vamp is not getting removed. Only certain spell vamp items, such as Hextech Revolver. Gunblade is keeping its "omni-vamp", so the main impact on Akali is the lack of spell vamp items earlier in the game. As such, it's possible she may be getting an early-game buff to make up for her usual purchase of Revolver early on.

Alright. then so her early phase will be slightly slower or what?

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

Yes. Although she will still get some from her passive. It may end up that you go cutlass first before the revolver

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

She may or may not get compensation buffs, we don't really know yet.

LadyRenly1 votes

I rarely even buy gunblade on Akali anymore, I just buy like, Sunfire, Abyssal, Banshees that kind of thing. Revolvers lost spellvamp won't affect Akali in the slightest

stone the blacks1 votes

hextech gunblade stil gives omnivamp 15% all damage

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