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I still don't understand Guardian Angel

Flashes··3 votes·972 views

Why is it AD only? Please revert it to a good defensive item that is appealing to both AP and AD alike, as WELL AS tanks.

Scaling with HP, granting MR and Armor, as well as giving the revive really made old Guardian's Angel a very good item in my opinion.

Tanks could use it to continue to dish out CC, Mages could use it if they were carrying, and ADCs could use it if they were carrying. Even tanky supports could use it effectively. Exchanging 1 damage item on a carry for a guaranteed revive is great news for carries trying to fight assassins and vice versa, and general resists were useful in increasing survival chances.

They then make it AD only and I'm still confused as to who is going to want 40 AD and 30 Armor other than ADC and AD Assassins. Please give it back the MR and Armor, remove the AD, and change its build path.

Right now, it's not a defensive item. It's a "I want to be able to kill without caring about positioning and then kill even more after I revive" item.

6 Comments

iiGazeii3 votes

Isn't that what Zhonya's is for?

Flashes1 votes

{quoted}

Isn't that what Zhonya's is for?

Zhonya's is more of selecting a section of the continuous damage you would receive, blocking it for 2.5 seconds, then continuing. Guardian's Angel is a guaranteed set amount.

Alzon2 votes

AP : item 3157 :: Tank : item 3193 :: AD : item 3026

The biggest difference is that you don’t have to press a button.

The thigh guy1 votes

{quoted}

AP : item 3157 :: Tank : item 3193 :: AD : item 3026

The biggest difference is that you don’t have to press a button.

Don’t forget that 5 minute cooldown everyone ignored.

DereC41 votes

pretty sure people just buy it for the revive

Nimblepaw1 votes

The revive is awful because it cc's you, Zhonya's is better for actual survivability but then has no value for AD champs because of AP, so they created stopwatch as a midground to both zhonyas and GA's

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