Ad Zonhya

All Star Yoshi·11/2/2015, 4:39:46 AM·3 votes·782 views

Hello community, I recently ask riot about an AD Zonhya. Their answer was :

"Hello there ~~Alex~~,

That is an interesting item you have in mind there where it is an AD version of the Zhonya's Hourglass item.

Unfortunately, I don't have the answer to this particular question. I suggest researching our public Boards for these answers, as Riot employees are constantly on our forums assisting the community to the best of their ability.

If you can’t find an answer, please feel free to post them on the appropriate Board. You may find our Boards here:"

With the link to come right here. I search for it but didn't found anything. So there it is. Do you think an AD zonhya should be worth the try? Thanks for your answers :)

16 Comments

BeatzBoyFTW11/2/2015, 5:37:52 AM2 votes

AD champions already have lifesteal to compensate for sustain/defense, especially with all the incoming ADC meta items going on.

Drunk Tsundere11/2/2015, 4:40:49 AM2 votes

I think that AP and AP are different stats.

A champion gets so much power simply by virtue of being AD that it's insane. That's why active and passive wise, AP itemization makes up for that difference. I think that an active ability as powerful as Zhonya on an AD item would be game breaking.

All Star Yoshi11/2/2015, 5:00:25 AM1 votes

But, at this point, being AP with the zonhya is already OP. i was thinking about how different the game would be if there was an AD zonhya. If AD zonhya would not be relevant, i don't understand why AP should be...

Havenscythe11/2/2015, 7:03:35 AM1 votes

Let me translate that typical copy paste Riot reply. "Hi there Alex, it would take too much of my time to explain to you how dumb you are so please fuck off and go annoy the other players on the Boards. Thank you!".

Anyways to answer your question, most AD's can already squeeze in room for a FULL defensive item like randiuns, GA, deadmans plate, or warmogs. Most mages don't have luxury choices like so, and thus they have their our offensive/defensive hybrid item.

7ha7guy77711/2/2015, 5:39:48 AM1 votes

The reason stasis makes sense on ap champions is that they can wait for cooldowns to come back up. Meanwhile, the enemy team can get in to position to kill you the moment you are targetable again.

AD champions typically rely more on basic attacks than abilities so a cc cleanse via qss makes more sense. Losing the ability to attack removes your dps or peeling so being able to remove cc is the ad equivalent.

Whether or not it's fair that ap champions can be untargetable and invulnerable while ad champions cannot is up for debate.

Malix Farwin11/2/2015, 6:50:14 AM1 votes

AD do not need it nearly as hard as AP does however based on riot's recent design changes i would not be surprised if they added and AD version that was cheaper.

Drive By Max11/2/2015, 4:56:35 AM1 votes

I don't like it, it would make being one of the harder carries even easier to do.