Well done Riot, you've made Boots of Swiftness a near-pointless purchase again

ZLbSwAR23I·2/27/2016, 10:38:12 PM·3 votes·440 views

After years of being outclassed by every other possible boots purchase, item 3009 have finally had a good few months of being a great boots choice. Not a guaranteed buy on every role, but a common purchase.

Successive nerfs (increase in price and, with 6.4, a reduction in speed) now see Boots of Swiftness back in their rightful place: a pointless purchase in most situations.

Good job.

4 Comments

Dreadlocks2/27/2016, 10:43:50 PM1 votes

They should've kept the 5 MS on it (65 total i believe? now 60?) and see how it played out after the merc buffs..

masterdragon4812/27/2016, 10:45:30 PM1 votes

I disagree. Its still more movement speed and its still VERY powerful at dealing with slows. Boots of Swiftness started picking up steam when Rylias was changed. Why? Because Rylais ALWAYS slows for 40% now. So, in a game where rylias is so easy to proc, tenacity doesn't matter as much because generally, champions are permaslowing now. If you are always getting slowed, reducing the duration of the slow is irrelevant. Reducing the effectiveness of that slow? That is suddenly worth a lot.

It isn't going to pointless at all.