Knight's Vow recipe change * r/leagueoflegends

CoolKnightST·Apr 11, 2017·7 votes·894 views

So far has existed out two recipe variations:

And

Both versions had their own issue's. The original build path was better in cost efficiency. Allowing the item to be rushed pretty early but it provided slot efficiency issue's as a result. The new one is better in slot efficiency but worse in cost efficiency making it pretty hard to build sometimes early on. I have a feeling whe need a middleground. And that's the reason I think we need a new component that can provide a ballance between the two:

#new Item: Squire Pact ( + + 300)
UNIQUE Active: Designate an allied champion as your Partner (90 second cooldown).
UNIQUE Passive: If your Partner is nearby, gain +15% Movement Speed towards them.

Stats & Price of Knight's Vow remain unchanged:

Recipe: Squire Pact + + 750 (= )

Thoughts?

7 Comments

NymzoApr 11, 20173 votes

I would prefer this actually:

item 3067 and item 1031 .

Still cheap but offer cd

CoolKnightSTApr 14, 20171 votes

I have a feeling they aren't planning to add cdr to it anytime soon. I think they have the same reasons for it than the item item 3800 . I believe that was because the abuse of mages like Vladimir that benefit to much from the item with the cdr involved. And that item even had the waisted mana that vlad couldn't utilize. Just imagen how great the abuse would be on item 3109 with cdr. I really don't want to see the item get nerfed just because a god dam solo laner abuses it yet again. Just think what happend to item 3092 . God dam even now it's on the edge from been nerfed... (AP nasus mid in master/challenger elo..., good lord it fixed itself with the meta shift)

OurLestradeApr 11, 20172 votes

That actually sounds pretty good. I grab Knight's Vow mainly for the move speed, so having that to start with and the damage reduction for the complete item late game would be awesome.

CoolKnightSTApr 14, 20171 votes

Well I buy it for the exact same reason. The momentspeed is just really good for disengage situations. Take Leona for example in a lane trade. After your combo u disengage while the enemy returns damage from your trade (what actually be really painfull sometimes). On these moments that extra movementspeed would be so helpfull. It's basicly a better raptor cloak for supports.

VarnocApr 11, 20171 votes

A well reasoned concept? Blasphemy!

Typed out a whole big thing, but I can't really find a reason to dislike this. If the HP/Armor is balanced out well with the active, it'll be a solid item that appeals only really to those in the support role.

The only thing I can really say as a critique is maybe adding another cloth armor to the final recipe (So: Squire's Pact + item 3801 + item 1029 + 450g = item 3109 ), that way the support can buy components as he gets the gold, rather than needing to save it up (not that 750 is hard to get, this just helps if he's behind.)

CoolKnightSTApr 14, 20172 votes

I don't really dislike that idea for adding another item 1029 to it. However I do wonder if it won't become to efficiënt. Right now the combine cost is actually 800 gold. In the old recipe this number was even higher. Not even item 3222 has a 450 combine cost. It seems that most utility items have a combine cost 650 now. I doubt they are going to reduce that number for a tank item.

I think a better solution would be:

Reducing the total price of the item with 100 gold (2400 > 2300 gold). So the combine cost would be 650 like most other utility items

Increasing the total price of the item with 200 gold (2400 > 2600 gold). And adding to the recipe like you suggested. So the combine cost would be 650 like most other utility items.