Having items that mitigate weaknesses can be a good thing, because it turns those permanent weaknesses into temporary ones. Imagine if qiyana had to stay in lane all game because the enemy was perma pushing - not fun. But with hydra, she can waveclear fast enough to have a presence on the map, and start becoming a real character. Instead of saying “it’s broken, she’s SUPPOSED to have bad waveclear”, instead say, “she has bad waveclear until she gets the item”. Another thing to consider is that it changes how a character itemizes. If Qiyana didn’t have bad waveclear, she could launch right into Hubris and she would take over the game. Instead, she has to build hydra first in order to fix her issues before becoming a weapon of mass destruction. Some characters need to live with their weaknesses for a while, like Taliyah, who needs to buy offensive items in order to keep scaling nicely and do her job. Eventually, she CAN buy Banshee’s Veil or Zhonya’s Hourglass, which lets her have a more well-rounded mid-late game, but she still needed to live with that weakness for a while. Items that mitigate weaknesses are, in essence, timers on a character’s weakness.
Items should improve the strong characteristics of the champions, not fix their issues! Imagine ADCs doing the same dmg they do but with ranks items, assassins being fast asf while building tank and tanks being tanky with ADC items
Having items that mitigate weaknesses can be a good thing, because it turns those permanent weaknesses into temporary ones. Imagine if qiyana had to stay in lane all game because the enemy was perma pushing - not fun. But with hydra, she can waveclear fast enough to have a presence on the map, and start becoming a real character. Instead of saying “it’s broken, she’s SUPPOSED to have bad waveclear”, instead say, “she has bad waveclear until she gets the item”.
Another thing to consider is that it changes how a character itemizes. If Qiyana didn’t have bad waveclear, she could launch right into Hubris and she would take over the game. Instead, she has to build hydra first in order to fix her issues before becoming a weapon of mass destruction. Some characters need to live with their weaknesses for a while, like Taliyah, who needs to buy offensive items in order to keep scaling nicely and do her job. Eventually, she CAN buy Banshee’s Veil or Zhonya’s Hourglass, which lets her have a more well-rounded mid-late game, but she still needed to live with that weakness for a while. Items that mitigate weaknesses are, in essence, timers on a character’s weakness.
Doran's shield is my go to item, as such this is my go to channel :D
So we should remove all hydra ? Camille is a strong roamer with bad waveclear and build ravenous hydra so we should remove this item
Yes
Items should improve the strong characteristics of the champions, not fix their issues!
Imagine ADCs doing the same dmg they do but with ranks items, assassins being fast asf while building tank and tanks being tanky with ADC items
Yep
tank ekko
0:16 already explains why nobody watches you. actual iron player trying to dictate leagues meta.
Champion that gets unconditional free stats is relevant at any rank lol.