Rageblade + Zeal Upgrade vs. 2 Zeal Upgrades

ProfDrDeath··1 votes·520 views

Phreak's recent Patch 8.6 Rundown got me thinking:

Could the new Rageblade indeed replace a second Zeal Upgrade in a generic ADC build?

Let's math it out.

TL;DR: Rageblade instead of a second Zeal Upgrade increases damage output by about 50% once Rageblade is fully stacked. Nuts! Requires Lethal Tempo, though, to fully make use of all that AS.


The ADC I base this on is Tristana, since she is a decent benchmark. I'd like to compare four builds:

  1. item 3006 item 3046 item 3031 item 3094
  2. item 3006 item 3046 item 3031 item 3124
  3. item 3006 item 3046 item 3031 item 3094 item 3072 item 3033
  4. item 3006 item 3046 item 3031 item 3124 item 3072 item 3033

Tristana at level 18 has 106 AD, 0.656 + 25.5% AS, and Precision with Alacrity and Gathering Storm at 30 min (27% AS, 35 AD).

Assuming fully stacked Rageblade, here are Tristana's stats with each of these builds:

  1. 106 + 115 AD, 0.656 + 162.5% AS, 80% at 1.5x Crit, 17.5 averaged magic damage/hit
  2. 106 + 173.6 AD, 0.97088 + 157.5% AS, 50% at 1.5x Crit, 22.36 physical and 8.1 magic on-hit, 1.5 multiplier on on-hits
  3. 106 + 245 AD, 0.656 + 162.5% AS, 80% at 1.5x Crit, 17.5 averaged magic damage/hit
  4. 106 + 334.8 AD, 0.97088 + 157.5% AS, 50% at 1.5x Crit, 38.48 physical and 8.1 magic on-hit, 1.5 multiplier on on-hits

And here is the DPS Output, undifferentiated into damage types. Figure before the / is without Q, after with Q.

  1. 867.4 / 1230.8
  2. 1337.5 / 1908.8
  3. 1359.9 / 1929.7
  4. 2103.2 / 3001.6

As you can see, the output of builds 2 & 4 is about 50% higher than the output from the 2 Zeal item builds. And reaching ABSOLUTELY bonkers numbers, btw.

5 Comments

dunder kill2 votes

You're assuming fully stacked rageblade 100% of the time which throws your math out the window. Also there is a big price difference you're neglecting

UoL NicknameMy2 votes

Rageblade only costs 3000 gold now, which means the difference is only 400 gold, that is definitly worth the price.

And stacking Rageblade isn't actually that hard, you already saw Kog, Varus and Kalista using it.

Thorn Fierce Red1 votes

Aye Im in Jhin Azir Varus Teemo Twitch TwistedFate call me crazy!!

Silverjust1 votes

jihn?

SonnyMate1 votes

I have 2 questions:

  1. The DPS result come from practice tools?
  2. U make calculate the stats by ur own?

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