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What the heck happened to Masteries?!?

Selfawareness··1 votes·2,162 views

I just returned to league after being away for a while, so I don't know when they did this - but it's VERY disappointing. One of the things that makes league so great is that you have over 100 champions and have such a multitude of ways to specialize your playstyle with your favorites via masteries, runes, and in game items. (for example, I used to like to play AD/AP Shyvanna hybrid, you basically never see that, I felt original and it worked out well and was never predicted by the opposing team.) Well I can't do that anymore because now it makes me choose between either AD or AP. No point in playing akali anymore either IMO since i cant take both magic pen and armor pen, honestly idk what you were thinking Riot. You're forcing players to pick specific masteries for a specific champion - to raise the question, Why even have masteries at all now? Just build those stats directly into the champions and save me the time of having to reread the new stats the illusion of selection. I stopped playing World of Warcraft after they replaced talent trees with a similar BS system, (no more frostfire mage which was my main) it's actually heartbreaking to see a game you love go down the toilet. Maybe I'll try DOTA :/

8 Comments

Hethalean3 votes

You mean for the Left most tree (forgetting name atm) with the 7% Magic Pen or Armor Pen? It won't let you do 2 in one and 3 in the other? then you're doing it wrong, because you definitely can. Try a different mouse click. Try mouse wheel. You can do it.

Hyperiön2 votes

You can still go AD AP, it just doesn't give you as much.

Selfawareness1 votes

It's making me pick one or the other, idk what youre talking about.

Matthelius1 votes

I'm agree w Hyperion. You can still build hybrid without problems w the new masteries.

Perhaps you could use examples of what you can't do now and what was better exactly? Which masteries?

Traakin1 votes

You can put some into both but if its for Akali you shouldnt even be that far into that tree. Go down the Cunning? tree and get Tlords. The mastery before it gives you magic and armor pen which is what you want right?

Zezockary1 votes

I don't vote in polls.

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Well I can't do that anymore because now it makes me choose between either AD or AP. No point in playing akali anymore either IMO since i cant take both magic pen and armor pen, honestly idk what you were thinking Riot. You're forcing players to pick specific masteries for a specific champion - to raise the question, Why even have masteries at all now? Just build those stats directly into the champions and save me the time of having to reread the new stats the illusion of selection.

Actually, there is a hybrid option in the cunning tree (The middle one). It is next to the last one on the left. From there for your keystone you have the option of either Storaider's Surge for additional sticking power or Thunderlord's Decree for additional burst damage. Also the third option in the ferocity (left) tree gives you the option of either lifesteal and spell vamp (which most consider to be the better one) or attack damage and ability power.

I much prefer the new tree, the old tree had more options but most of them sucked, meaning there were actually very few options in your trees. Basically you chose whether you wanted damage, utility, or defense, then what you needed second most, then put your points in that tree in (almost) the same place every time. Now instead of having the illusion of having many choices (while really being locked into most of them) you have one really big choice. That choice is, what keystone do I want? If you are an adc you could go with Warlord's Bloodlust for the lifesteal, Fervor of Battle for damage over time (although everyone considers that one to be weak right now after it was changed), Deathfire Torch for poke, Stormraider's Surge for sticking power, or Thunderlord's Decree for sticking power. Most classes are locked into less choices than that, but you get the point.

Personally right now with Shyvana I go down the Resolve tree for Grasp of the Undying with the rest of my points in ferocity. If you were going for a hybrid damage oriented build though, depending on what your build looks like, I would go 0/18/12 with your keystone being Thunderlord's Decree.

TheHappyReaperz1 votes

Several of the masteries scale off of both AD/AP, or provide something for/against both of those. If your unfamiliar with them, I would recommend reading through them, so you're certain you understand what they mean.

GankedByWindows1 votes

You can get both magic pen and arpen, you just can't have 5 points in both. In the new client, shift-click the mastery you want to put one point in. Shift-clikc again to put another point until you have 3/2 setup

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