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Question about Draven with AP

Gall··1 votes·1,321 views

Does putting AP on Draven modify his damage, or does making him a sorcerer increase his damage output significantly in any way, or are only physical items good on him?

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Illabethe2 votes

No one is answering you correctly.

In TFT, every "Spell" (anything that requires mana, or has a spell effect) scales to AP.

Draven's spinning axes amplify his physical damage per attack each time his mana reaches 100%.

In other words, AP amplifies the amount by which this occurs. If you have a Death Cap on Draven for example, he will have 60 AP, which will change the amplification on his axes to an upper limit of (1+2.5)*1.6 = an upper limit of 5.6 times Draven's current AD (can hit over 1000 damage)

HOWEVER; it's worth noting:

Because you're investing in AP, you're not investing in attack speed, range, or base AD boosts.

In other words, in most cases, attack speed and AD are better bets, because the damage per second is generally higher, and it charges the skill quicker. It's also worth noting that item 3031 might not fit into an AP build.


Keep in mind that Sorcerer has another effect, btw: It speeds up how fast draven charges his stacks.

Sorcerer will not apply its 40/100% bonus, though.

Maleagant1 votes

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No one is answering you correctly.

In TFT, every "Spell" (anything that requires mana, or has a spell effect) scales to AP.

Draven's spinning axes amplify his physical damage per attack each time his mana reaches 100%.

In other words, AP amplifies the amount by which this occurs. If you have a Death Cap on Draven for example, he will have 60 AP, which will change the amplification on his axes to an upper limit of (1+2.5)*1.6 = an upper limit of 5.6 times Draven's current AD (can hit over 1000 damage)

How certain of this are you?

For example, what benefit does Shen get from AP?

Illabethe2 votes

Skills that do not have damage modifications or raw damage scale duration or shield strength.

The Rioters on Twitter have described AP as affecting ALL aspects of skills in TFT.

If you look up Kassadin and AP, there's an apt description

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/teamfight-tactics/N4B1vuyc-what-does-spell-damage-increase

ThisName1sDumb2 votes

Hey man, chill out. It's ok to be wrong sometimes, no one knows everything. You might want to take a break from the boards for a few days if you're getting this worked up about it though. best of luck

Reaversal1 votes

Spinning Axes enhance his physical damage, so they don't scale off ability power at all.

Gall1 votes

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Spinning Axes enhance his physical damage, so they don't scale off ability power at all.

Oh really? Thanks for your response haha

Subdue2 votes

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Spinning Axes enhance his physical damage, so they don't scale off ability power at all.

That being said Guinsoo is still one of the best items on Draven.

overpoweredscrub1 votes

I believe ap scales with nothing on him. It's literally a waste of gold getting ap on him. You can get rylais for the slow or liandries for the burn, but it's so small and useless that there's no point in investing that much gold for the passives since you lose out on a lot of damage for it. I'd recommend just going anything with ad, lethality, armor pen, crit on draven instead. More bang for your buck... i mean gold

koshkyra2 votes

This is tft

overpoweredscrub2 votes

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This is tft

oh shit my bad. Sorry, it was on the main board page so I didn't see it was in the tft section. My mistake.

Reaversal1 votes

Oh, so I was wrong and had to be corrected like a total fucking idiot AGAIN.

I'VE HAD IT WITH THIS SHIT. I AM SICK AND FUCKING TIRED OF BEING WRONG EVERY TIME I THINK I'M HELPING.

I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY I WAS WRONG, I'LL NEVER FUCKING TRY TO HELP ANYONE EVER AGAIN. I'LL GO BE A FUCKING BRAIN-DEAD IDIOT AND HIDE IN MY ROOM FOR THE REST OF MY FUCKING LIFE.

Gall1 votes

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Oh, so I was wrong and had to be corrected like a total fucking idiot AGAIN.

I'VE HAD IT WITH THIS SHIT. I AM SICK AND FUCKING TIRED OF BEING WRONG EVERY TIME I THINK I'M HELPING.

I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY I WAS WRONG, I'LL NEVER FUCKING TRY TO HELP ANYONE EVER AGAIN. I'LL GO BE A FUCKING BRAIN-DEAD IDIOT AND HIDE IN MY ROOM FOR THE REST OF MY FUCKING LIFE.

Hey man you're good, thank you for helping and I hope you have a great day :). Feel free to add me if you ever want to play some TFT together!

Reaversal1 votes

WHY DO OTHER PEOPLE GET TO HELP AND DO SO PROPERLY?

WHY CAN'T I FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF? WHY DOES EVERY ATTEMPT I MAKE TO HELP END IN ME FEELING LIKE A FUCKING MORON AND JUST HATING MYSELF EVEN MORE?

Reaversal1 votes

FUCKING GET RID OF THIS THREAD. I DON'T WANT IT HERE ANYMORE. I DON'T NEED YET ANOTHER REMINDER OF MY INEPTITUDE AND INABILITY TO EVEN HANDLE ANSWERING A SIMPLE QUESTION PROPERLY.

Reaversal1 votes

I KNOW, I WAS WRONG AND OTHER PEOPLE GOT TO SAVE THE DAY BY BEING SMART AND POINTING OUT THAT I'M A KNOW-NOTHING DISGRACE MORON TRASH REJECT FAILURE.

Reaversal1 votes

MUST BE REAL NICE TO BE SMART AND HELPFUL AND NOT HAVE TO CONSTANTLY FAIL AT EVERYTHING YOU DO OR TRY.

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