Dose anyone else think Spell Vamp has fallen to the wayside?

CitadelOfIce·Jan 26, 2016·1 votes·293 views

It's not like it Spell Vamp was ever that powerful to begin with since 2/3 of the items that give it are hybrid, and even then I think Hextech doesn't even technically give it anymore. But now it just seems like a forgotten mechanic. It doesn't even heal that much compared to something like Life Steal, and for something that requires you to burn CD's for it you would expect just the opposite.

I get that mages need to be glass cannons but why give them something so filled with potential and then not deliver. You could just make the health gained by spell vamp poor in over a few seconds to help with the balance. I just feel with the upcoming updates to mages this should be on the list of things to look at. Maybe get a few new items that grant it so you can build it in different configurations like you would Life Steal.

7 Comments

WoonStruckJan 26, 20161 votes

Because Vlad, Akali, Cass, etc made it a problem at different points in LoL.

Princess EmmaJan 26, 20161 votes

Exactly this. Those champions and few others would be much harder to kill since their healing output would be massive. If there is one thing everyone can agree on about Riot; the checks and balances they put into spell vamp prevents certain champions from getting wayyyy out of hand.

A Basic IslandJan 26, 20161 votes

ryze is/was probably one of the biggest outliers of why SV wasn't allowed to be good. If ryze could make use of SV it wouldn't be good for the game

WoonStruckJan 26, 20161 votes

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ryze is/was probably one of the biggest outliers of why SV wasn't allowed to be good. If ryze could make use of SV it wouldn't be good for the game

He can make use of it. I find myself buying it in games where the enemy team isn't full of front-loaded damage.

YumminesJan 26, 20161 votes

I feel like spell vamp shouldn't have even been a thing. It probably would have been better if they just had abilities that had heals on them, because Spell Vamp only really sounds good on paper.

To be fair though, I'd rather spell vamp be useless than have more unkillable Vlads though

WoonStruckJan 26, 20161 votes

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I feel like spell vamp shouldn't have even been a thing. It probably would have been better if they just had abilities that had heals on them, because Spell Vamp only really sounds good on paper.

To be fair though, I'd rather spell vamp be useless than have more unkillable Vlads though

Give Vlad a passive that gains benefits from additional spellvamp, but makes spellvamp not directly function on him.

Also, Spellvamp is only a bad idea if lifesteal is a bad idea.

How is Spellvamp a bad idea if items are properly tuned? If you give up damage, its perfectly function and healthy if the balance team is at all competent. Outliers can always be balanced. If they can't, remove the problem by removing or lowering the stat's function on them, but granting something else in exchange.