Quicksilver Armguard (Item Concept)

Brutalitops01·3/9/2016, 8:11:55 PM·1 votes·631 views

AP champions don't have a Quicksilver Sash upgrade item, and I really feel like they need one. AD champions being basically immune to cc while AP champions have to use an item slot on QSS and never upgrade it, so it doesn't help them at all other than the active, is just not something that should happen. So, I made a concept for a Quicksilver Sash upgrade item for AP champions. You can tell me all you want that, oh they have Zhonya's Hourglass or Mikael's Crucible, but neither of those can be used to stop cc on yourself. Neither can be used while cced. http://evalgan-art.deviantart.com/art/Quicksilver-Armguard-595613798?ga_submit_new=10%253A1457554551

So, let me first make my point a bit better. AD champions have all the protection they could want if they get caught. item 3053 , and item 3156 give them shields so they don't get bursted if they get caught and item 3139 makes them basically immune to cc. Some AD champions are dead regardless of these options to them if they get caught, while others can easily slip away, especially if they have flash. With nearly any AP champion, however, if they get caught, there's nothing they can do to survive. Say you're playing Syndra, and the enemy team has all the cc necessary to stop you from doing your job of 1-shotting the carry. In the time it takes for you to get close enough to do this job, you get cced to death by the tanks, and while the damage isn't specifically focused on you, by the time you're able to move your entire team is dead. AP champions have absolutely no counterplay at all to crowd control, and while you can say that crowd control is their primary way to be shut down, AP champions are much easier to build against. Maw gives the person they want to 1-shot a good sized shield to stop them, Banshee's Veil gives a ton of magic resistance and a magic damage shield, and MR is in total cheaper than AD. 900 gold worth of Magic Resistance is 5 more MR than 900 gold worth of armor, which is a pretty good amount. There are better Magic Resistance items than Armor items, and AP champions don't have as good Magic Penetration items to let them do their work to AD champions and Armor Penetration.

Build Path: Seeker's Armguard (1200 Gold) Quicksilver Sash (1300 Gold) Amplifying Tome (435 Gold) +665 Gold combine cost = 3600 total cost

Stats: +80 AP +45 Armor +50 Magic Resistance Active: Remove all debuffs on the user and make him immune to movement impairments (slows, stuns, taunts, fears) for 1 seconds (90 second cooldown) Does NOT block or cleanse knock ups and does NOT block suppresses (will still cleanse suppresses, though)

Total stat worth: 3540 I hope this item is balanced and that at the very least it tells Riot to make an AP version of Mercurial Scimitar.

12 Comments

Wenderwall3/9/2016, 9:14:34 PM2 votes

Too high stats, If an AP gets it he/she will destroy entire team. All aps will be called as BRUISER AP.

I would say give ~50AP, ~40MR and QSS. It'll be a good item to compete with item 3001 . Any item giving MR+Armor with so much power is OP, plz don't ask for it.

Wenderwall3/10/2016, 12:26:23 AM1 votes

item 3001 is pretty cheap 2300. considering it gives AoE flat Armor pen, 70AP, 50MR. If AP QSS has to be cheap then it it can be similar as 70AP, 50MR + QSS and no passive for ~2400

HexTech Revolve + QSS , It will be abused, it'll be AP item 3153 in someway. I can see Malzahar Fiddlesticks Morgana Akali Katarina FIRST ITEM.

Wenderwall3/10/2016, 8:12:55 PM1 votes

80 AP is pretty decent and justifiable. What about the passives, active and unique passives. Can it have a good unique passive?

Wenderwall3/10/2016, 9:28:36 PM1 votes

Have been thinking for a while, will this pure AP mazes item or AP support or AP carry item. I don't see it being used by sup so AoE MR or AoE AP pen won't be good. Giving 20% AP like Rabadon will certainly be OP. I was thinking if QSS active can be made passive with 60sec CD.

It's both good and bad. Bad becuz every soft CC will get debuffed .Good as it'll be against item 3143 ,item 3092 item 3116 etc while giving MR+AP. Will have to test it's effectiveness thou'

Wenderwall3/11/2016, 4:56:18 PM1 votes

If Fizz get's this item, and usually ends up with >400AP with 5% MR scaling. Will it be 20bonus MR, that doesn't look bad.

The reason why I said passive is Veil is mostly ( like always) used by Tanks or AD Bruisers. For AP veil is totally useless and mazes aren't usually CC targets. If it is passive Mazes (or AP sup) don't have to worry abt all the extra Active triggers they have to keep track of . As an AP Sup, I end up with 4 or 5 active items and have to click >4 keys in team fight all under 2 sec.