Is it just me or do AP champs seem to do a ton of damage to towers.

YoungFarmer·Feb 6, 2016·4 votes·471 views

There was a diana on my team last game who basically 6 hit the enemy inhibitor towers. Are they supposed to hurt towers so much?

9 Comments

Deep Terror NamiFeb 6, 20164 votes

Diana's passive deals bonus magic damage every 3 hits based on her AP. Most AP champions can't push a tower like her.

Professor WardFeb 6, 20164 votes

Not sure if this mechanic has been removed but as i remember "40% of your ap damage is delt to towers on auto attacks".

I remember one shotting towers last season as a custom game veigar. 4k ap will deal 1600 damage per hit to towers.

HellpyreFeb 6, 20163 votes

It hasn't been removed to my knowledge. This has been in the game for years, specifically so that AP champions can push through a tower without buying AD. The important thing it that it should be either 40% AP or 100% bonus AD, whichever is higher, not both, then added to base AD.

Valor BotFeb 6, 20163 votes

Some AP champions are just naturally good at pushing towers; Diana because of her three-hit passive, and others such as Elise because of her spiderlings.

It's not all of them though. Taking down towers as Karthus is a pain.

World EnderFeb 6, 20163 votes

Diana has a 3 hit passive where her third auto does a percentage of AP to her target. If she had a Nashor's Tooth as well, that could contribute to it. Most AP champs do next to no damage unless they build Nashor's.

Darkslayer85Feb 6, 20161 votes

I see this too.

TohobFeb 6, 20161 votes

Diana Evelynn Elise Kayle Teemo TwistedFate blow up towers faster than Jhin Ezreal Corki Zed Urgot Renekton Riven Pantheon Khazix

NahuiFeb 6, 20161 votes

AP champs get a percentage of their AP done to towers so they can actually punish roaming and kills by being able to do more than 50 damage tickles.

TurquoiseYoshiFeb 7, 20161 votes

3 reasons:

1: AP champions were buffed against towers. They now have a .5 AP scaling, which is pretty massive.

2: Diana is amazing at taking towers, with her passive (that does extra damage in an AoE every 3 hits and gives her extra attack speed) being a thing.

3: I checked your match history, and that Diana had both a Lich Bane and a Nashor's Tooth. That means that she could have started with a Q/R, proc'd Sheen once, slap it, press W/E, and get another Sheen proc for huge burst. Combine that with tons of AP and attack speed and you're melting turrets.