Ok so i have a serious question, why on earth would you give phantom dancer a shield? Like i play katarina against a yasuo, he buys phantom dancer and i also see he doesnt take damage for some time because of this shield and it really tilted me...
Because fuck assassins well that is what I think riots logic was when making it.
And yet the PD change is one of the most complained about in the crit rework. It's actually mindblowing how fucking terrible this playerbase is at simple math.
It would take 5000 at 0 resists for old PD's 12% damage reduction to match the value of new PD's 600hp shield. And unlike damage reduction, shields are not ignored by true damage.
Beyond that, there's the obvious recurring problem of AD items passively compensating for mistakes and cockblocking outplays. Old PD required you to be in combat. With new PD, you can be recalling in a warded bush at 35% hp, eat a Lux ult during recall channel, and not die. Why? Because you built an AD item with unique passive "Riot Has Your Back."
Don't get me wrong, I'm going to abuse the fuck out of this on Ashe because it's going to negate a huge chunk of her counterplay (amps her kite to 11 and saves her ass if you get on her). But it will probably be nerfed sooner rather than later because it's just so flagrantly broken and prone to abuse.
I mean, just think about that shield and MS on these assholes:
It honestly gives me the fuckin' vapors when I think about having to chew through Yasuo's passive shields, bone plating, Windwall, and this gargantuan ass-saver. Or Jhin having another MS multiplier on crits, then a secret +25% hp shield for when you actually get on him. Or trying to play around Yi's Alpha, Meditate, and a shield that negates most of his "cc and nuke" counterplay.
This change is going to be so disastrous that I just can't wrap my mind around it. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it's distorting enough to show up on champs like
Its not actually strange for it to happen, but its pitiful that it came to be needed even if damage was lowered as compensation.'
Many marksmen have no way to really play in games where the enemy have a high AD diver, burst mage or assassin before like....4 items if they dont have a lulu/janna sitting on them, all they can do is hope they dont get focused which.......is a rarely realized hope.
Well we´ll see how it plays out but i wouldnt be really surprised if it takes a nerf or two before long.
