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AP-Bruiser Item Concepts

Eranell·3/16/2019, 8:30:55 PM·5 votes·4,266 views

Phreakish Grimace (gold value w/o passives/active: 3073.5)

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Materials:

  • Specter's Cowl
  • Haunting Guise
  • 500 Gold (3200 total)

Stats:

  • +500 health (gold value: 1333)
  • +35 magic resist (gold value: 630)
  • +50 ability power (gold value: 1087.5)
  • UNIQUE; Passive - MADNESS: Damaging an enemy champion generates one stack every second for the next 4 seconds. Deal 2% increased damage for each stack, up to a maximum of 10%.
  • UNIQUE; Passive - PSYCHOTIC GRIN: Staying close to enemy champions (within 325 units) for 2.5 seconds causes them to run away in fear for 1.5 second and decreases their magic resist by 15-25 for 5 seconds. Champions that were scared by this effect can't get feared again this way for 12 seconds.

(Melee only) Blizzard's Choke-hold (gold value w/o passives/active: 3073.5)

Materials:

  • Glacial Shroud
  • Seekers Armguard
  • 1000 Gold (3000 total)

Stats:

  • +50 ability power (gold value: 1087.5)
  • +65 armor (gold value: 1300)
  • +300 mana (gold value: 420)
  • +10% cooldown reduction (gold value: 266)
  • UNIQUE; Active - Icey Grasp: 2.5 seconds after use on an enemy champion your next auto attack against this champion deals 60-180 magic damage and roots them for 1.5 seconds. Auto attacking them preemptively slows them instead for 50% and deals half damage. (Range: 1000; Cooldown: 60)

Sublime Soulflare Crown (gold value w/o passives/active: 2505)

Materials:

  • Bami's Cinder
  • Haunting Guise
  • 400 Gold (2800 total)

Stats:

  • +450 health (gold value: 1200)
  • +60 ability power (gold value: 1305)
  • UNIQUE; Passive - Immolate: Deals 21 - 38 (based on level) (+5% AP) magic damage per second to nearby enemies. Deals 50% bonus magic damage to minions and monsters (325 range).
  • UNIQUE; Passive - Madness: Damaging an enemy champion generates one stack every second for the next 4 seconds. Deal 2% increased damage for each stack, up to a maximum of 10%.
  • UNIQUE; Passive - Sublime Presence: The radius of circular AOEs from items (Locket of the Iron Solari, Frozen Heart, Abyssal Mask, etc.) is increased by 125.

I calculated the gold values with the values mentioned on this site: http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Gold_efficiency

Feel free to leave critique in the comments.

8 Comments

Phieldworker3/16/2019, 8:51:43 PM4 votes

Neat! I definitely think the cc effects might need the numbers lowered a little. The reason for that is free hard cc is hard to balance so cutting down their time a tad would make it more fair.

But I like them! I play a lot of ap bruiser mages (probably my favorite class) so it would be cool to see ideas like this.

Probs feeding3/16/2019, 10:26:58 PM3 votes

The one thing I really like about this is it would also open up some tanks to attempt an ap brusier build the same way some tanks can go a bruiser build. (J4 as an example)

Nautilus would be yucky with all of these.

wolvius3/16/2019, 11:07:51 PM3 votes

These seem like pretty decent ideas, although as Phield said free hard CC could be hard to balance especially psychotic grin 12 second cd per target is low. You would probably either have to change that to an active effect that persists while in combat and on exit combat a cooldown starts before it can be activated/triggered again or alternatively an active that last a set time before going on cd.

The only other issue I can think of is as with all potential AP bruiser items people have come-up with is can tanks abuse it. Sublime Soulflare Crown looks like an all-round better sunfire cape only losing 5 magic damage (actually thought it was 50 instead of 43) from the static aura for a scaling as well as two additional passives that negate the minor cost difference and could boost other tank items effectiveness making it a tempting item.

Anyway well done the effects show promise the Icey grasp one sounds great it forces them to delay an attack for the root or take the slow instead. Sorry if I sound like an asshole, its far easier to pick faults from someones idea than create one so don't be discouraged and once again good work.

Metallikaiser3/16/2019, 11:46:05 PM2 votes

I feel we need AP bruiser items, but I dont know about these... Hard cc on an item seems like too much for League, having resistances on bruiser items seems like a very odd choice when regular bruiser items are notable for having health without resistances. And most importantly I feel like it does nothing to address two of the main issues for ap bruisers: Being able to get 20% cdr on an item that isnt full damage, and being able to get percent mr shred/penetration from an item that isnt full damage like Void.

Galaxyburstz3/16/2019, 11:33:43 PM1 votes

Nice Idea

However, I think that the Pyschotic Grin passive should have a 55. 831 second cooldown on it and the fear duration should be decreased to 1.8927614273 seconds since CC is very cost effecient and final cost increased to 3120 gold.

It is nice but might has nightmarish interactions with champions like: Sylas Ahri Kennen Diana Fiddlesticks