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There were points where I was just staring at the screen as one after the other CC hit all of us, an item to help with that would’ve come in might handy
External link →There were points where I was just staring at the screen as one after the other CC hit all of us, an item to help with that would’ve come in might handy
External link →Runes: Hunter - Titan
Boots: Merc Treads
Boots Enchant: Quicksilver Enchant
Item: Sterak's Gage, Banshee's Veil, Edge of Night
Edit to add spell shield items.
Hunter Titan is a joke since the tenacity nerf, let alone the cap of only 15%. Too many better runes that provide a greater benefit for the absurdly marginal benefit from Hunter Titan.
Sterak doesn't work with every champion and is expensive. It has a long CD by aram standards and only actives when you are nearly dead. These are poor, very poor solutions to a huge problem.
It's a known fact in gaming history that there is nothing that players hate more in any game than being stunned/immoblie etc. WR is absolutely FILLED with CC, it isn't strategic anymore it's purely spam festing.
I guess it comes down to what you want to define as a joke, before the nerfs I would say that it was laughable how good Hunter - Titan was, particularly in ARAM where it is so easy to stack. Now, I get to say it is generally the best defensive rune on ARAM.
You're right Steraks doesn't work with every champion, few items do and it's generally a problem if it does. Luckily, most champions don't need it. They are either ranged, and thus can avoid CC, or can stack Hunter - Titan with Merc Treads or layer on a QSS.
Players do tend to hate long periods of CC, and we try to avoid it, but sometimes players will build a comp or random on in ARAM. This is why we have these outlets that players can opt into when needed (spell shields work here too, I forgot to mention those). If someone chooses to overlook these tools or thinks that something else is more valuable that is their call to make, but not every champion should have access to every tool.
I suppose it is subjective and I ran hunter Titan before the nerf and used it a few times and found it underperforming since the Nerf and never went back. Most the top players I looks at with their builds avoid it as well, but again subjective.
Mercury boots have become essentially mandatory with the cc spam, which is a shame for diversity. I long await the transition of runes like Legend: tenacity to make it's way over.
It isn't just aram, all modes are flooded with cc. I can't count the amount of times I've sat still for the matter of 4+ seconds with mercury, sterak and courage with Garen and died being unable to do anything. Can't avoid it really either especially with champs like Morgana and Veigar.
It isn't a coincidence that Olaf rather recently has found a huge surge in win/popularity. CC is a real problem and he is about the only champ with built in counters. I don't want to be pigeon held to a.singular champ to counter a meta.
Diversity, choice. Those are wonderful things. Opportunity to eon and counter with any champion.
100% it is going to be subjective. And the resolve runes are the ones you are most likely to change game to game (most reactive to your opponents). I wouldn't expect Hunter - Titan to be the default in most cases, it's really bad if it is. I do tend to take Hunter - Titan often in ARAM because you don't know your opponents, and getting stacks is reliable.
We would never make Legend: Tenacity with our rune system, Hunter - Titan is basically the same thing and it doesn't make sense to have both.
Olaf is a champion who tends to pop up from time to time in organized play because they can reliably make Olaf comps, but he has never been a popular champion (in either PC or WR). His winrate has also been rather flat. I've seen him pop off in a few games, and a fed Olaf basically means GG, but that is more how a single game plays out, rather than a meta trend.