weaker turrets?

Inkling Commando·Nov 21, 2018·23 votes·9,416 views

after playing a game with the new Turret Plating i think, in my opinion, that the back turrets got weaker. after getting the first turret down i was half way on the inner turret before i was chased off. then when the enemy was advancing on our inhib turret it is melted. and i dont think the plating helps the outer turrets any.

6 Comments

DarkTree1Nov 22, 20187 votes

yeah, they wanted it to SEEM like you were losing turrets slower at first because of turret plating and turret first blood not happening until around/at least 14 minutes against a competent team but they actually nerfed all turrets base stats after turret plating is over, because they want games to be shorter.

Inkling CommandoNov 22, 20181 votes

and yet i have been in at least 3 40 min games in the last 24 hours. so if the end goal was to shorten games then it did not work.

BârdNov 22, 20184 votes

The outer turrets have zero armor/MR once the plating falls.

So yeah, they're a bit harder to take pre-14 minutes but they just collapse without plating.

On the other hand, they hurt a lot more now.

Inkling CommandoNov 22, 20183 votes

i never noticed them doing more damage

TerchioNov 22, 20181 votes

It's a welcome change, but not necessarily noticeable in the bulk of tower dives.

AD scaling on them over doubled from 4 AD/min to 9 AD/min. However, this changes outer turrets from 152 AD - 180 AD at the 7:30 mark, to 152 AD - 215 AD at the 7:30 mark. Outer turrets now scale to 278 AD when the plating falls, but previously scaling stopped at 180 AD at that 7:30 mark. The other towers all got their scalings increased from 4 AD/min to 9 AD/min, but those scalings capped quicker now at 17:00. Even though the old towers scaled late into the 28:00 mark, the new sharp scaling makes the new turrets slightly stronger at its 17:00 cap compared to where it used to be at its 28:00 cap.

To go over that info, early game, the outer turret is going to start to sting slightly more until the 7:30 mark, at which point it will actually start to get potent. At 14:00, outer turret armor falls off, at its peak damage. All other towers should be quite potent at that point, and will only scale another 3 minutes until 17:00. The tower strength on those towers will be stronger at their 17:00 cap than the old ones were at the 28:00 cap, so definitely be wary of tower-diving inner turrets when midgame comes around now.