Thoughts/Nerf Suggestions to New Doran's Shield

LegenDariusGaren·2/24/2017, 11:39:01 AM·2 votes·1,181 views

First off, I absolutely love the changes to Doran's Shield. I have been using item 1006 item 1006 item 1006 + item 2003 as my starting item on Garen because it offers the best regen when going 12/18/0 masteries.

Here are some charts to back it up: http://i.imgur.com/ZlZRN9s.png

With the changes to Doran's Shield, Garen and other top lane champs can smoothly survive through the early game. However, this item might even be picked up by the bottom lane. Imagine a weak early ADC with this item with a Soraka support. Seems like the lane became even more cancer? Well there is a way to avoid this.

Here is the current change on the PBE : Unique Passive: Gain an additional 200% Base Health Regen Health for 10 seconds after taking damage from an enemy champion.

This what it could be instead: Every time you are healed or shielded by an ally, the unique passive is now only 10 x (Champion level) as effective. This lasts while the shield is active and continues for 5 seconds after the shields is destroyed or wears off. The passive becomes 100% effective at level 10.

So this directly affects bottom lane, while not affecting the other lanes. If at level 3, your jungler, say Nidalee , comes up top lane and heals your top laner, then the passive would be only 10 x 3 = 30% as effective, or 30% of 200% = 60% additional base regen for the next 5 seconds. Then the jungler leaves and everything is back to being the same.

By mid game, the top laner is already around level 9-10, so when they get healed or shielded, it will be 90-100% as effective.

If both the adc and support pick up this item, then it can be made so the person healing or shielding and the one receiving it get the reduced effectiveness.

8 Comments

Critmaster Garen2/24/2017, 11:41:25 AM2 votes

what are you building all those anal beads into?

or do you just sell them?

Ahristocats2/24/2017, 11:46:55 AM1 votes

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however, this item might even be picked up by the bottom lane. Imagine a weak early ADC with this item with a Soraka support

doran shield was never meant to be a "top lane item" this item used to be picked in season 2 in any match ups where you knew you were going to get destroyed

pros used it against Urgot as any adc midlaner used it against talon (used to give +8 armor)

So i don't see any problem if a weak adc take it in early game

Illâoi Evê Siôn2/24/2017, 12:05:42 PM1 votes

Doesn't Soraka have like less than 3 HP5 base health Regen? After the numbers nerf, I doubt she'd ever pick so there's no need to worry there.