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items that should work on champions but don't

dreadedcape·2/6/2018, 7:44:51 PM·3 votes·591 views

This is different for me because i usually just whine about bruisers being weak but iv been playing alot of roles and see missed potential in alot of items that just don't exactly work on champions but, would make sense in there kit or just sound cool on them.

1# TwistedFate item 3115 ats which works with his e applying magic on hit between cds and extra damage on w sound perfect right (not to mention cdr for more gold cards) ? nope just out classed byitem 3100 sad but i would still be fun to try in your norms and stuff

2# Ezreal item 3146 his q scales off of ad and ap ult and e doing the same with all the hybrid ratios maby hybrid items would work too ? sadly its just ok at best and a suboptimal at worse. the burst combo with e jump and gunblade at the same time can be pretty nice tho if u get snowballed enough!

3# Hecarim item 3117 affordable works with his passive makes roaming and constant ganking even easier but sadly, this item is neglected to switfies id say its more of his play-style and the fact you loose the passive in combat aka it doesn't help jungling but still it would make sense to at least see them sometimes though its relegated to obscurity in a way mirroring the champion.

4# Riven item 3078 A little different from list because popular riven players have all tried this, but its strange its not even situational its so outclassed by cleaver and more expensive then the formerly mentioned item you could argue the mana just goes to waste but if Tryndamere item 3508 exsist as the most common build, then i dont know how far that statement goes and as far as procking it, it works perfectly with her passive and her q re-grants the sheen if spaced out properly. missed potential but defiantly fun give it a try!

5# Darius item 3748 The best darius players stay away from this item and its tragic, triple auto resets are so nice for a fast triple prock with zero attackspeed build, id imagine the reason its not built because darius need to opt into defense early because of how easily hes kited by any level of mobility as well as bot to top rotations. not to mention tanks do damage season 8 just cause. its more of a case of i would if i could, but tanks are just to strong XD

Hope you enjoyed reading and are motivated to experiment with some items suggestions are welcome id love to hear what anyone comes up with [vlad-salute]

5 Comments

Fullmetallic2/6/2018, 7:48:09 PM1 votes

I play darius quite a bit and i just dont build the hydra for 3 reasons.

  1. You want to be moving around as darius, not autoing (For your Q)
  2. It gives no armor in exchange for the additional stack
  3. It only speeds up your 5-stack getting by around 1 second, 5 stacks arent too hard to get quickly. Thats my opinion
ZT Xperimentor2/6/2018, 8:22:56 PM1 votes

An interesting read. Though for twisted fate, he occasionally did pick up nashor's tooth back when playing him as an attack speed carry was viable; and I agree it's awkward hecarim doesn't really get to use the boost from mobility boots, since attacking someone puts him in combat, but the predator rune seems to work as a replacement. Sadly spot on about darius, it also helps him tear through teams however his problem is often surviving or reaching the enemy; as for tanks, max his e first, it's like a free last whisper, lol.

To add to the list . . . I find luden's echo on heimerdinger annoying to land consistently if you're using his turrets, the movement speed is nice but lichbane tends to be better suited to chunking. Mordekaiser can't use the sheen items particularly well because of how they reworked his q, the self-replacing buff for his auto-attacks makes his later swings hit weaker because of sheen only working on the first hit, perhaps it's a bug. As for jayce, he's one of the few champions who can buy both melee and ranged only items, however their extra effects only work when he's in that form, but he still keeps the bonus stats from each regardless of form.