PBE Duskblade is a super abusive.

YakhulDensho ·7/11/2017, 4:53:56 PM·2 votes·547 views

I saw a post about Duskblade being changed to be melee only, but that is not what I am here for. In fact, I don't want it to be melee only at all. I understand PBE is just for testing, but it'll definitely go live at this point. I play ADC as my main, and honestly, the item is so abusive. You can do so much with it on ADC's which is why I love it, but I can clearly see it being "broken". First off, I just want to get this out of the way. The PBE Duskblade on Draven is so broken. Same concept with Caitlyn. All I do is walk into the bush, and poke with the passive. I've built the current live Duskblade in the laning phase too, but I prefer the PBE Duskblade because of the slow it offers when you proc up the passive. So what I understand from the items passive is that you have a 5 second window to use the Duskblade passive after being seen by an enemy champion. 5 seconds is actually pretty long. I think a 2 second window would be much suited. As to how this will effect assassins, I know for a fact that they'll be just fine with that 2 second window. I played games with Zed, Talon, even Khazix, and I managed to get the passive off almost in an instant.

Just to give you an idea, I was Khazix in the top lane. I wasn't doing too hot until level 6, and I upgraded my ult first so that I could use the bush invisibility cheese. I rushed Duskblade as my first item, and from there, I just kept abusing it and won my lane. I still have my ult to get the Duskblade passive up too. I don't play Khazix at all, so I went 0/4 in the top lane until level 6 and getting my Duskblade. Around 20-25 minutes, my score was 15/7, and they surrendered.

One of the ADC's I love to get Duskblade on is Ezreal. Don't get the wrong idea. The live Duskblade right now is the one that does true damage based on your lethality amount. Even now, I still love it on Ezreal. But with the upcoming Duskblade changes, the difference in power is so visible. I take Ezreal mid when I go the Duskblade Blue Ezreal build, and right now on the PBE, it's crazy good. This is all just a thought. But I would highly recommend Riot to take a look at this. If there are any Assassin mains out there, please give me your thoughts on this.

4 Comments

DeadTrannies7/11/2017, 5:00:28 PM1 votes

maybe in bronze your post is true

Kloqdq7/11/2017, 5:08:35 PM1 votes

I mean it's an item that is being used by characters that were not intended to use it. It's for assassins, not marksmans. It's why I hate that we are balancing Black Cleaver around Lucian.

I am all for item diversity but I would rather have an item that is designed for a class be used for that class and not abused by another.

It's like Hydra and Shiv. They do about the same stuff but they are both designed for the different classes in mind. (Granted melee can build shiv but it's rare)

Big Lincoln7/11/2017, 5:13:23 PM1 votes

pbe players aren't good

Escheton7/11/2017, 5:16:59 PM1 votes

Love to see Tilterella stand in bush asSion and Q people while W is charging and just W-explode, e- auto attack someone with the new duskblade. Oneshot. lel.