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Originally posted by mogadichu

It's not necessarily the case that raw stats have gone up, but more that everyone has a bunch of hidden damage and squishier now.

Let's compare Lux in the last clip to season 7 for reference. Since season 7, duo lane xp has been nerfed twice, which means Ashe would probably have been one level higher at that point. The difference between level 14 and level 15 is about 100hp.

On top of that, runes reforged meant that you no longer have 9 armor + 12 magic resist per game. Accounting for the mr/lvl compensation buff, Ashe would have had (12 - 0.5 * 14 = 5) more magic resist at level 14.

At 3 items, Lux would most likely have had Morello, Ludens and Deathcap, compared to the Ludens, Horizon, and Deathcap she had in this game (I'm ignoring the void staff component for simplification, but it just makes the problem worse). ...

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Originally posted by streyer

is it really a fighter item? cause it seems the main champions that built wits end were all Ranged and melee adcs (and irelia but she is basicly a melee adc like yasuo/yone now)

Originally posted by kakatudeka

could objective bounties have something to do with it? Longer games means happier vaynes

Originally posted by St3fanenku

"They" wtf you can just go on Slack and ask them to consider that ??

Originally posted by VWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVV

I guess the question is Wits a resistance item or an offensive item. We run into trouble when things are good in multiple roles. I'd argue maybe slight increase in offensive stats and an increased MR cut would more clearly define the item.

Originally posted by mogadichu

But isn't there a difference between a fed Ekko using his entire combo to kill someone, and GP landing one barrel? I remember back in the day, a GP landing a crit barrel meant that you had to recall or lifesteal back up, not literally get obliterated. Sure, Saber could have built Shieldbow, so that's on him, but the whole reason Shieldbow is so needed in the first place is because a gust of wind kills you nowadays. Is it really right that Lux oneshot him with just Q and E? A few seasons ago, she would have needed to invest her ult, or at least an auto attack.

Originally posted by Phemeth

I honestly do not understand the distaste for Maw, it is 109% gold efficient with base stats alone (for comaprison right now wits end pre nerf is 106% gold efficient) it has good stats and a decent build path with Hexdrinker and a couple of daggers into a Warhammer.

The only serious complain you could have is it shares the lifeline passive of shieldbow and sterak, but besides that it's a great item on its own.

Even the build that might not seem much after getting the hexdrinker, it needs only another 1500g and gives you +25 MR, +30 AD, +15 AH, which is 1900g of stats alone and empowers the passive.

I'm not saying it's better then Wit's End which has better synergy with on-hit builds and gives more dps due to AS component, but it's far better then people seem to think

Originally posted by YouSoVayne

Usually, when Vayne is broken, it isn't because she herself is OP but everyone else is garbage in comparison.

Lucian, MF, Jhin, Draven, and Cait all used to be awful match ups for me. These days? Its pretty much only Jhin you see bot.

And remember when Rageblade was every 2 autos? THAT is when Vayne was truly broken, but even then, the item was what broke her and not her kit. 6 autos would do 42% true damage, instead of the normal 28%.

Vayne is actually quite balanced, the game? Not so much. I haven't had a difficult laning phase with Vayne since season 8. All of her lane counters are garbage now. Vayne is pretty much the same she's been for years. Biggest problem is there is no one to make Vayne's lane hard now.

The game as a whole, and new items/runes, are the issue here. Delete Shieldbow from the game, I bet Vayne's WR drops to 49-50% again. If not lower.

Vayne is pretty easy to deal with. I peaked at low Plat, and I ra...

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Originally posted by LezBeHonestHere_

It's super annoying how they keep removing Negatron from every build path. Riot games REALLY hates this component. I can't think of a component item they hate more over the years. It must be intended to be unusable apparently, because building it is seen as "abuse" by riot.

Originally posted by F0RGERY

50 MR is the same MR as Negatron cloak. In fact, of the three items that build out of Negatron, only FoN gives more MR than it.

That would be fine... if those 3 items weren't also in the top 5 MR items. Right now a Negatron Cloak alone gives more MR than Spirit Visage or Abyssal Mask, and the same MR as Maw, all of which are supposed to be the MR items.

Originally posted by Caenen_

And you will make it so Urgot does not shoot from the location of the missile when he is unable to attack, right.

...right?

Originally posted by Caenen_

I explained how it's set to work right now, not that it's intended to create these interactions. Obviously the Hexgate is visually much different than the actual background interaction:

• Visually: You channel then it spawns a particle that travels to the exit portal, when it arrives you appear.

• Technical: You channel then become untargetable and hidden from the renderer and teleport to the exit hexgate. You are given a spell to decide your 'landing location' near the hexgate exit further. After a delay when the blue particle arrives, you become targetable and visible again.

and the technical side is just how they happen to manage your character while they are "inside" the hexgate and can most easily attach your camera and a cast indicator on them (though that can be done differently aswell, but usually in game dev a certain simplicity is key), but not how you're supposed to "think" of the effect as a typical player ofc. So Urgot sh...

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Originally posted by kakaleyte

There exist numbers where her win rate hits 50%

I don't think 50% is balanced without a context. Lux is a fairly easy champion to play. Players don't have to spam her to maintain their performance on her and random pickers can also have a quite easy time playing her. So her win rates should hit higher than 50% to be considered balanced.

According u.gg her all ranks win rates on patch 11.23:

MID	SUPPORT
53.28%	52.46%

She is not OP, contrarily "balanced" now. That's because of recent trends in League. I don't think 50% WR Akali is balanced.

Originally posted by I_AM_A_MOTH_AMA

I hope it was restful.

Originally posted by Leichenstrand

No idea what point you are trying to make exactly, but the comment I replied to contained a real Riot like bandaid fix where you want to give fountain 50% damage reduction in response to Lux oneshotting the Ashe with just Q-E

Do you not ever felt like the game could need a little tone down in the damage department? Every game I play is decided by one player getting completely blown up because he was out of position, and it doesnt matter if its a squishy carry or a durable tank, they just die in a matter of 1-3 seconds.

Now you could say it was the same in Season 3/4/5 whatever, the key difference is that shit happened back then in like ultra late game and I think thats reasonable so the game doesnt get dragged out for an eternity.

But right now people get blown up as early as minute 20.

Originally posted by Icy_Locations

First off I appreciate the response! I just have one more question, isn't ADC the role meant to deal with the tanks? If GP can one shot squishies AND kill tanks, whats the downside to playing him? I'm not being obstinate, just curious. He does well in lane last time I checked as well, but I could be off on that.

Originally posted by jfly517

Also, when fid goes through hex portal it will spawn like 4000 of his passive on the other side

Originally posted by Brain_Tonic

There is a universe where the fix is to make the meeps always targetable.

Originally posted by Barb0ssaEUW

The defensive options for Marksman champions are slim, and even items like Shieldbow do not ensure sufficient survivability in team fights (the longer the match continues). As a Master ADC, I can not even remember the last time I bought Maw or Mecurial (except mainly on Ezreal), rarely GA; just because of the fact how the current items restrict you to build those items without stunting your scaling (Zeal items are also underwhelming except maybe PD). That is why Marksman mainly build BT as a sort of defensive option, for the lifesteal/shield (yet, Assassins just have to build Fang to counter our shields lol); but also to reach the 100% crit.

ADCs also have been really neglected over the last seasons, they had small patches here and there, big adjustments for Aphelios, Senna or Jinx, but overall, the role has not really benefitted from fundamental changes to tackle core issues (although it was in a certain way intended). But all of those core issues still exist, or became w...

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Originally posted by kakaleyte

In general fed carries should oneshot squishies, yes but how? With just a E+Q combo as Lux in the video or should she also use her ultimate at least? LUL

Btw, let's not forget that Lux is an old champion and her kit is already uncreative. If you land your Q, it's guaranteed to land rest of her abilities. She is gonna oneshot Ashe even if she had to use her R but this kind of gameplay is nonbalanceable in modern League.