For everyone complaining about Hextech

Get Sett On·Aug 23, 2019·2 votes·1,227 views

This unit type is for the people who start the first 3 rounds with NO items or LESS items than other players. I have had more than my fair share of matches where i get nothing but gold in the loot rounds, like an absurd amount of games where everyone in the game has more items than me and I am stuck with a single completed items and 3 gold or no items and 7 gold which is deemed useless due to losing the first 3 rounds (I net -3 gold due to the first 3 losses potentially) these games are more than likely met with a loss due to my items are set back (apparently I should get my items back later on in the game but I dont reach them), no victory gold (you get +1 just for winning) and my loss streak gold will not start until my fourth while win streaks are 2 wins so ont he final rounds before first draft pick (which is after the second draft pick) round and all due to the fact that I am out itemed.

This also is a deterrent from 3 stacking a unit. From my perspective I think this is awesome typing. It has a bear bones feel to it and levels the playing field for the unfortunate.

8 Comments

Louie KaboomAug 23, 20193 votes

oh lemme check if there is a requirement to have less items than your opponent or to be at a disadvantage to play 2 hextechs....oh wait! there isn't!

Lyon914Aug 23, 20192 votes

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oh lemme check if there is a requirement to have less items than your opponent or to be at a disadvantage to play 2 hextechs....oh wait! there isn't!

Yeah I don't really see how this helps players with less items. Hextech units are even better on players with lots of items. Hextech is not a level the playing field mechanic, it actually ends up being a snowball mechanic. Jinx and Vi, the best Hextechs, both scale really well with items. Jinx basically 1v9s with 3 items.

On the other hand, if someone only got 1 item in the first minion round, then essentially with Hextech in the game you end up with no items at all, because it will 100% of the time hit your sole carry with items. If you have low number of items you can usually only afford to put it all on 1 really good champ, not spread it out and waste them.

Just imagine this scenario OP. You barely got any items early but because of your low health you got good picks on carousel and you finally end up with basically perfect Draven items and a 2 star Draven. I'm talking the whole spread: Rapid Fire Cannon, Bloodthirster, and Ruunan's. Only problem is you have no other items. Is it somehow more fun or better for you to waste these god send Draven items on a frickin Warwick or some other filler unit so you don't get auto fucked by ~~any Hextech player~~ every player after like 4 rounds because 2 Hextechs is so ridiculously easy to get.

ShyhaluAug 23, 20191 votes

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Yeah I don't really see how this helps players with less items. Hextech units are even better on players with lots of items.

Unfortunately the people arguing in favor of hextech (And the devs who introduced them) seem to stop the thought process at the first half of the equation.

WorksAtAGayBarAug 23, 20192 votes

8 seconds is still too long for 2 units.

IllabetheAug 23, 20191 votes

People who want to climb have adapted. Spread out your item holders so they are 1-2 horizontal hexes in between them and you can vastly mimimize the risk.

nGioAug 23, 20192 votes

This is actually the worst argument I've seen. So if the RNG gods gave me 2 full items that I put on a carry, and gave you 6 across multiple carries then your Hextech will help "even it out"? Your 6 items and Hextech just double punished me for bad RNG. Top that off with the fact that it's intended purpose was to shut down single unit item stacking, but it completely ruins unit placement, removing the chess aspect. Corner placing your team isn't even an option anymore.

The 2 unit buff is so over the top broken that I see it squeezed into almost every comp, so Hextech vs Hextech the person with more items still wins in most cases. You're only looking at this from 1 exact perspective of "I got no items, they got all the items, I'm running Hextech, and the other 7 aren't". I haven't seen that ridiculous scenario play out a single time yet. The reality is that everyone runs the shit, it adds another layer to an already RNG heavy shit sandwich, and it double penalizes people who get less items.

DamSonWhUFndThisAug 23, 20192 votes

Dude...... even if the player with 0 items take the path the player that got lucky and got 3 items from first one and than another 2 from third wave can also go Hextech does it sound ballanced to you now?

Imagine guy with Hextech + item 3172 + item 3137 + some carry with item 3124 + item 3046 and maybe some other items like disarm hush and such.