Akali having both busted kit aspects gutted
irelia free cancel-able zhonyahs now only stops phys damage, so no more irelia mid (also no more extra shield damage)
infinity edge basically reverted
essence reaver basically reverted
stormrazer no longer the only option for adc first buy
feels goodman. Thankyou riot. sincerly, for listening to us about changing crit items and dumpstering akali's stupid mechanics
Really hope this is a sign of things to come. I love the willingness to do big changes after the competitive season has already started. The game needs it, and I think it will benefit Solo Q and the competitive scene to do balance this way.
And yeah, those crit changes are gonna be nice. I have warmed up to them a lot over the past couple weeks; was skeptical at first, but the more I think about them, the more I think it's a good direction. We'll see how things go.
Assumes 40% dmg reduction for 2 seconds is anywhere close to Zhonya [sg-miss-fortune] [sg-miss-fortune]
I am personally a little concerned about Stormrazor. It's going to enable 1 shot kills with Energized builds, like those on Quinn, etc.
You will have a total of 3 Energized damage abilities:
Shiv Rapid Fire Cannon Stormrazor
and 1 Healing Energized ability:
Fleet Footwork. Stormrazor is going to buff all of those by 30% damage/heals on the same release.
Altogether they add up to about 400 damage, and Shiv's can crit, bring it to about 540. Stormrazor's passive is going to raise that to 702, and that's not including IE's 225% Crit multiplier, Champion base/skill damage.
We're going to see 1600 total crits again......
I mean top lane Vi will probably be a thing now so I'm kinda hyped for that.
I mean its not a full revert.
IE gets a 25% bonus damage instead of 50%
All the zeal items get nerfed in some way, phantom is getting reworked to some survival tool rather than damage&chasing.
ER does get remade to a version that is very close to the former crit one, feels goooooood man.
Last whisper is made more expensive.
But to be honest i dont feel so great about akali and irelia, both champs are going to be super weak to the point of not existing if i understood it.
Sure i absolutely did not like the "true stealth" thing, or Irelia being a partial midlaner and a toplaner, but that doesnt mean i want em gone and done :(
i have some bad news if you think Irelia is leaving mid lane.. when her ult was just given a 90% slow.
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Im not even excited for the next patch as ad main.. :/ Another nerf for adcs, lets keep playing Vel bot i guess.
