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Can we make Manamune stack faster for melees?

dangopee·8/3/2016, 10:43:03 AM·11 votes·673 views

Like maybe +6 maximum mana for each attack/spell instead of +4

Yorick is the only true melee that gets this item and he sucks and is getting reworked.

Ezreal Jayce Urgot are the only champs other champs that really use this item and they are all ranged with the exception of melee form Jayce.

I believe several melee/casters would like to build this item but part of their problem with it is that it stacks too slowly so the power spike is too late. I don't think any AD melee in the game can stack it as fast as Ezreal.

12 Comments

Zero Skill Tank8/3/2016, 11:15:44 AM3 votes

It's hard to think of a champion that would really benefit from this change.

Most melee AD casters are either straight up manaless, or at least not heavily gated by mana.

Few out there that are, namely Pantheon and Talon, wouldn't really want to trade any of their early game damage for mana, and even if, they should stay mana gated, as in their outdated kits it's the main limitation.

Maximum Morde8/3/2016, 11:11:25 AM2 votes

No.

Sire Hippington8/3/2016, 12:50:44 PM1 votes

imo manamune needs far more changes than that. The fact that it procs on singletarget only limits the potential users alot,a s you need either a spamable singletarget skill or fast AAs to really utilize the passive, and the fact that it drains mana like swain while getting less effective the less mana you have imo is just against the point. I want it so i have more mana, not more consume, and i want more mana so i do well in extendet trades rather than going oom. Haveing a passive that looses power as the fight goes on just doesn't fit, and without the passive it's just a weak item.

Sylvant8/3/2016, 3:30:42 PM1 votes

i always liked manamune and i wish it had better use for other champs, its feature enriches the game diversity, but it and its AP counterpart are going more and more in the items recycle direction

MunchCrunchLunch8/3/2016, 6:10:06 PM1 votes

the only ad champion that i would fucking love to get a good amount of mana on is talon. yeah pantheon is also bad in that case but at least hes a lane bully with talon you often get oppressed so much in lane you get forced to farm with W.

i actually used to buy manamune on talon as first item. it isn't terrible. but i was never able to fully stack it on him because just like you said its very hard on melee. unless your GP you can just spam your E and Q.

Sona x Rubick8/3/2016, 11:10:15 AM1 votes

there is a former pro player (Skyyart) Gangplank that still builds it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYx4NEDPZjI

LordGeovanni8/3/2016, 7:47:50 PM1 votes

not to mention that melees are zoned out of auto attacking alot effectively stopping their stacks

Fondling Gems8/3/2016, 11:10:47 AM1 votes

Honestly I feel like it stacks faster than item 3003 just because while most melee champs stack the tear slower it can be bought so much sooner and at that point stacks so much more quickly than the mages who are still sitting on a tear.