IE should have AS instead of AD.

Dingding123·Oct 13, 2014·1 votes·492 views

Critting is an OK mechanic when the people using it don't want boatloads of AD...but most marksmen want AD items right off the bat. On top of that, most ADCs start the game with ~14 bonus AD from runes. And IE HAS AD ON IT. High physical damage per hit coupled with critical strikes is unhealthy for any game, and LoL is no exception.

A really simple way to change this is to replace IE's AD with AS items. Although it would make the build path 'weird' and especially different from Deathcap's build path, AD and AP are different anyway; I believe a change like this is justified.

A similar change would be to buff every marksman's AS but nerf their base AD and AD/lvl simultaneously while keeping Ashe useful and Vayne in check. But that would be super-time consuming; I think reworking IE would be the simplest route to take.

Does anyone have thoughts about this? I'm just tired of 1k crits.

7 Comments

Hyrum GraffOct 13, 20143 votes

How would that make IE any different from PD or Shiv?

Son Olivia HyeOct 13, 20141 votes

IE with attack speed = PD/Shiv version 2.0

MarthianOct 13, 20141 votes

IE is supposed to be THE ultimate ADC damage item. Do you have issues with Rabadon giving APCs upwards of 250+ AP? Critical hits may have some issues, but hitting IE is not the best place to start. Not to mention especially how a ton of top lanes end up farming all game and then laughing at the ADC's damage even with an IE, while blowing them up.

Nerfing their base ad would just make last hitting harder, and bot lane would become a lot more passive since neither adc would do as much damage (or alternatively, someone that didn't get their base ad nerfed will just come in and wreck them.)

ProfDrDeathOct 13, 20141 votes

Infinity Edge might be a bit strong as a standalone item, imo. If I was in the balance team, I'd like to see what the effect of shifting some of its crit chance (and cost) to PD/SS/Ghostblade would be.

junglerboy16Oct 13, 20141 votes

Uh, the issue with IE being strong isn't having high base AD, (get BT or MS, both have the same 80 damage) the issue is that it has a crit damage enhancer and a huge pile of crit on top of it. It has a lot of stats every ADC wants, and is strong because of that.

TheRainInSpainOct 13, 20141 votes

The problem is that Infinity Edge is the core design of every melee ADC and nearly every marksman. The three sole champions in this list that don't like Infinity Edge are Gnar (a bruiser), Urgot (another bruiser) and Teemo (a bruiser-like Void creature).

Riot talks about meaningful choices. Make Armor Pen a viable alternative to Critical Hits. Critical Hits for destroying carries and assassins. Armor Pen for decimating bruisers and tanks. Riot chose to not nerf Vayne into the ground because of her alternative build path. Why can't most Marksmen do something similar if you put a big front line in front of them?