Shapeshifter buff is very meh

peacepagoda·6/28/2019, 1:24:24 AM·1 votes·1,287 views

By the time you get your shapeshifters to take advantage of a 100% shifting health, they've generally already taken a great deal of damage, and minus gnar and Swain *who you almost never get to lvl 2 is pretty, are pretty crap. They buff needs to help them get to their shapeshifting and the shapeshifting should be very impactful, since they are kinda a gimped character till they get there.

Games all about burst, CC, so getting to a shapeshift is a very meh thing for most except gnar.

6 Comments

Deep Terror Nami6/28/2019, 1:27:11 AM2 votes

You're right, but if you are able to get some mana and/or defensive items so they can make it to that point, their true strength comes out :D

Xavanic6/28/2019, 2:21:39 AM1 votes

Shapeshifter buff is good if you get 1 or more of them to 3 star since they hit upwards of 2k health, typically you wanna try for shyv, since you can run aurelion and shy is immune to magic dmg, meaning you just need to stack armor and sustain on her

Socon6/28/2019, 2:26:37 AM1 votes

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By the time you get your shapeshifters to take advantage of a 100% shifting health, they've generally already taken a great deal of damage, and minus gnar and Swain *who you almost never get to lvl 2 is pretty, are pretty crap. They buff needs to help them get to their shapeshifting and the shapeshifting should be very impactful, since they are kinda a gimped character till they get there.

Games all about burst, CC, so getting to a shapeshift is a very meh thing for most except gnar.

I only go shapeshifter if i already have wild/dragon and swain is available. With the right positioning and items they're a little on the steong side imo

Elisza Kitsune6/28/2019, 7:22:24 PM1 votes

I go a tankier shapeshifter comp which I think is the way to go.

My composition looks something like this (with the bruiser ? class being able to be swapped with other champions) The point of it is to burst/cc/tank all the damage that your opponents dish at you

I find Shyvana to be more like an ADC once she transforms (I take dragon for more damage and resistance against magic comps)

Shyvana Dragon/Shapeshifter Sol Dragon/Sorcerer

Nidalee's here to activate the shapeshifter buff + wild and gnar for tanky-cc. Shapeshifter buff + bruiser buff = tankiness for days :3

Gnar Shapeshifter/Wild (ignore yordle buff) Nidalee Shapeshifter/Wild

She's just here for dps/to activate the wild buff

Ahri Sorcerer/Wild

Warwick Wild/Bruiser (I'm forgetting the term for him) Cho'Gath Bruiser (Ignore void buff)

You can switch out the cho'gath for another sorcerer instead but I prefer the tankiness buff from having two bruisers (I don't run elise since she has little to no synergy with the other shapeshifters and comes off as a little weak sometimes). Although they can and will get screwed over by glacials (but what comp doesn't?)