Why are there no Armour Aura's in this game?

DiamondLeonis··3 votes·448 views

As a support, I just want to know why there is no Armour Auras in the game. Supports get to choose item 3060 and item 3190, that BOTH give MR resistance to all members. But there is no Armour equivalent? I recently played SMITE and they have both an AP and an Armour Aura option. I do not think it would be "game-breaking" to add one that gives an armour buff to all champions around the support. I would buy it just for that, without any additional effects.

It seems to be a consistent theme with Riot in removing Armour options for AP based champions. Armour got nerfed on item 3157, currently the ONLY Armour/AP item, bar item 3050 which is a supportive item. AP also got taken off item 3025, which used to be a great option on a lot of mages. (Basically got removed instead of doing the obvious thing and changing Ezreal).

So does Riot feel that armour/AP options are not important, especially during this season which has been mostly dominated by AD champions and the "marksman" rework which gave many ADC's added power? Especially since AD's get item 3156 which doesn't lower their damage hardly at all and gives them huge MR benefits and shield.

6 Comments

Linna Excel1 votes

Auras don't feel powerful, so they have to be overbuffed for people to notice them. That's why riot hates them.

Gary B Enkelis1 votes

I think Riot doesn't like invisible power, which makes me wonder why some things like item 3105 haven't been changed yet. Well Rome wasn't built in a day.

DiamondLeonis1 votes

Still does not explain why Riot have been providing Mages/Supports with less and less AP/Armor options. I understand that auras are invisible power however there is a lot more that Riot could do to provide some better AP/Armor itemisation, at the very least match AD itemisation against AP.

Eedat1 votes

It's has been changed multiple times now. The aura is a measly 10 MR now. The power has been shifted to the active which is night and day clear when compared to the aura

I hate my ADC1 votes

Windspeaker's Blessing technically increase armor by 5 - 22. It also increases MR but only by 2.5 - 11. Also, every champion has their armor scale per level at the exception of Thresh which scales on souls collected while magic resist only scale on melee champions (not including hybrid melee-ranged champions like Nidalee). You also have Frozen Hearth which is more often than not going to affect physical damage over magical.

I mean... sure, there is no armor counterpart to Legion aura, but the same can be said about a lot of things.

MunchCrunchLunch1 votes

little bit of armor doesn't do anything because ad damage is sustained. and armor pen is available in higher numbers than mr pen. flat pen we talking about here

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