The existence of items.

deadlychuck·7/28/2014, 10:44:28 PM·1 votes·749 views

So it seems weird to me that some items have multiple options to fulfill the exact same need, but slightly different so you have options even while trying to build. A great example of this would be item 3068 and item 3143. They are both armor/health items one is slightly more tank focused, while the other is more damage focused.

Although then other items exist where only one or none of the item combinations exist. Examples like, armor/atk spd, armor/tenacity, spellvamp/anything... seriously spellvamp is on 2 items... item 3146 item 3152 and no item 3124 doesn't count.

I feel like this affects the game massively in terms of champion viability, because some match-ups become basically impossible because the single item that is needed for the match up doesn't exist, is so weak that it's not a viable item to build, or the item is tailored to work against a different type of champion. item 3047 vs AD casters or bruisers.

Then you have other items like item 3068 and item 3143 which allows you to pick the degree by which you need one stat over another, while still getting the same stats. Other examples are item 3025 and item 3110, item 3087 and item 3046, item 3074 and item 3072, item 3027 and item 3048, exc.

Basically i'm saying there needs to be more items in the game that can be used to address almost any situation, even if it isn't conventional in the meta. This would add tons of variety in terms of lane match ups and would even help the general balance of the game in the long run i feel.

4 Comments

Príce7/28/2014, 11:16:16 PM2 votes

Riot seems to be looking into this closely, they just added Essence Reaver and changed a ton about ADC items.

TrueWest7/29/2014, 12:52:20 AM1 votes

Items are constantly changing! Just keep in mind that when a new item is created, it has to be balanced across over 100 champions that will interact with it in different ways, with different build patterns, etc. No longer is it the days of Beta when you might have gotten away with throwing a new weapon at the league and seeing what happens.