Dear Riot: Delete the Noob-trap Known as Runaan's Hurricane.

blacknerdtaku··3 votes·993 views

item 3085 I now know why it's called that. It's a hurricane that washes away any advantage you had on the other guys.

Joking aside. there are no words to describe how much i hate this item. for one reason. Multiple games Ive been in have been thrown, because the adc thought it'd be a spectacular Idea to build this Item. this item which offers no stats aside from attack speed.

the other two bolts don't Crit, it's just there. Muy biggest issue is this Item is the very definiton of a noobtrap. it's cost is 2400 gold. better left building a Last whisper, or a Bf sword, or most of a BotRk.

there is nothing More infuriating to have an ADC who's ahead suddenly fall behind because he wasted 2400 gold on this item, and jesus christ this has happened too many times to count. It's a Noob trap, it's not optimal on anybody bar MAYBE teemo and kayle, and even for them we have item 3115

Quite literally there is No reason for ANYBODY to build this thing, why is it still in the game? I'm all for a stat rework but Jesus Christ do something about this 2400 gold sink.

As an adc i tend to not fall off midgame unless everyone else is doing so well the carry gets split across everyone. People have asked me after game how i stay so strong the whole game to which i say "i know how to build an Adc" (after all it's my original main role) Even when the team starts to falter. i dont actually fall behind, the opponent just shoots ahead of me. I know people building this thing is a thing known only to bronze, and 30- players but seriously this thing has no reason to exist, and i feel it's high time something was done.

Edit: you can keep it on Aram just get it off the rift

11 Comments

Rebonack3 votes

It's a legit item on Kalista due to the functionality of her Rend and the fact that it makes attack-move spamming an effective way of playing her.

On basically anyone else, though? Yeeeeah... they would be better off building pretty much anything else.

Riot needs to make Malady a thing (dagger plus combine for 30% IAS and 15 OnHit magic damage) and have Wit's, Devourer, and Hurricane build out of it. Then give Hurricane its own source of OnHit damage so it is doing more than JUST giving you some attack speed.

TheDuelist9992 votes

teemo its ehh on but the omg the splash on kayle is definetly worth.

zane yalgir1 votes

ad over attack speed

though i understand you this is extremely situation based ive been wreck after going ad ad by an ad as becuase my supp just couldn't supp like the other one

Yulen Xoshxius1 votes

Its fun with Kalista's Rend. Plus if the enemy team on ARAM has a few tanks this is fun with blade of the ruined king passive. Its fun to use with Frozen Mallet and the Black Cleaver to do a lot of Team fight debuffs, but the times it is usefull are more limited than other ADC items.

INTER5TELLAR2 votes

Also fair with Twitch.

blacknerdtaku1 votes

but the point is, there are much more optimal items for everyone.

INTER5TELLAR2 votes

Yes, of course. I understand that, but it is viable on (albeit few) some champs.

That said, it is an enormous noob trap. I think there is some psychological addiction to having a character attack fast. On most AD dependent champs, raw AD is the best bet (with the exception of a statikk, or w/e the champ is best with - i.e. ONE attack speed item) - chunking 50% health with 2 attacks is better than chunking 50% health with 4 attacks, as during those 4 attacks (supposing the target is running away) you have to stop to AA.

Unfortunately, this isn't something a lot of newer players grasp.

TehNACHO1 votes

It's funny because it's actually cost efficient on Melee Carries.

Dreamspitter1 votes

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It's funny because it's actually cost efficient on Melee Carries.

Wait..........why?

TehNACHO1 votes

Math.

Granted, old numbers; IE and PD got changed long after this was made. Even so, it proves that it was a true statement, and because IE lost 5% crit chance and PD gained 5%, the fact of the matter is that the end result of these numbers I've shown is still true.

*I used to have documents for many other melee carries (which I cheekily named Project Melee) but I deleted those because of the S5 stat changes. Tryndamere's is the only one I remade because he has the easiest build path to rebuild.

Axxuka1 votes

Except Kayle and Kalista (Becoming and more of a core item). I just can't see any decent use to it without gutting an ADC.

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