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Sivir - She's actually really fun, but lacking!

GhostStalker·11/1/2013, 1:28:41 PM·9 votes·997 views

Sivir I feel as though Sivir is really lacking when it comes to how she builds. She's different from other ADC's in the respects that she really likes CDR, so she can get as many ricochets off as possible, and just spamming her abilities in general as a huge chunk of her DPS comes from it. But the problem I Have with her is that Critical Hit doesn't do a whole lot for her since she's more ability based than most ADC's, and then also has the shortest range of all the ADC's shared by kog'maw (though he can extend his range by a great amount).

  1. Sivir's W bounces should be subject to critical strikes in the same way that Master Yi's Alpha Strike is.

  2. if this is too strong of a wave-clear, have it only affects champions and not minions

  3. I think that by allowing an ADC like sivir who is extremely ability based to utilize crit with her W, it would make her feel a lot better, because crit feels like a wasted stat on her since she has to get so close to utilize it, and her abilities which is a huge part of her damage don't benefit from it at all.

  4. If Sivir's range has to stay at 500, why not give her Spell Shield some sort of staying power mechanism? The mana return is nice and all, but I think that I'd rather have a secondary effect on her Spell Shield that gives me a boost in my defenses, especially since it costs 0 mana now. Something like:

  5. Spell Shield: Sivir creates a magical barrier that lasts up to 3 seconds, blocking the next enemy ability used on Sivir. If an ability is blocked by the shield, Sivir gains armor and magic resistance for 5 seconds.

Since she has to function so close to the battlefield, I think giving her staying power would be best.

14 Comments

moogle89011/1/2013, 6:16:13 PM3 votes

I really like these changes and it would definitely help Sivir out a lot.

Nevar1311/1/2013, 4:21:51 PM2 votes

It sucks. Sivir is probally the least played adc due to her range. You sir are a genius. this may just be a few little changes but these could really improve sivir alot. now go eat a cookie.

odessa11/1/2013, 5:15:57 PM2 votes

Riot has stated that because Sivir's wave clear is so good, they do not want to buff her range. That's kind of ridiculous in my opinion. Many of the other ADCs can wave clear just as well as Sivir, but at lower costs and safer distances. Now, I don't want Sivir to be like every other ADC, but 500 range is ridiculous. Especially when every other champion has a 500+ range gap closer and/or cc.

I do like her feel during laning phase, but when it comes time to team fight, she feels too awkward. It feels like I should be split pushing instead, which certainly has a time and place, but come on. An ADC centered around split pushing and wave clearing? That's kind of boring.

Anyway, good suggestions. I particularly like the spell shield idea, and I'm certainly for her W doing something more than just ricocheting for 3 attacks with laughable damage.

FilthySaint11/1/2013, 2:20:33 PM2 votes

There are literally dozens ideas on what to do with Sivir.
This is also one of many good ideas.
Unfortunately, Riot doesn't seem to want to listen to any of them.

Zoram11/13/2013, 9:24:28 PM1 votes

Yeah I like the crit thing. Maybe with the spell shield have it lower its own cooldown or all her cooldowns even. I think though just making it refund on itself would be really fun to chain up sheilds if you time them well to shut down mages bombarding you from afar.

Jełlyfish11/2/2013, 2:14:17 AM1 votes

They should change that splash art...That bucktooth makes her look weird.

Nicarasu11/3/2013, 11:03:34 PM1 votes

That would be a great idea.

Mister Burkes11/8/2013, 4:07:05 PM1 votes

item 2049 +1 on these changes.