Well, I meant that if the Tear and Manamune up-to-1k passive stacked, the combination of them would be too amazing to avoid mention in the various guides.
Pogo
1782
Yeah⊠thatâs why itâs a Unique Passive that doesnât let you have all 3 items in order to get +3000 mana.
Aww, why shouldnât I be running around as Ryze with >6k manaâŠ
:)
Lord, itâs bad enough running around with 4300ish mana by 35 minutes into most of my games. The only guy last game I couldnât kill with one round of nukes was Galio, who was running around with 147 magic armor.
Pogo
1784
A void staff will take that down to 88.
Yeah, but the game ended just as I finished the void staff. :(
Void Staff + Sorc Boots + the 15% Mastery would have meant being able to hurt Galio pretty hard. :)
idrisz
1786
if you get void staff, you should sell your sorc boots and buy defensive boots instead.
I should? I didnât realize that. Would Merc Treads be the way to go, or should I get the ones with more move speed?
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As promised, no full Elo reset.
Wut? Why would you do this?
They still havenât set a date though right?
Because late game Flat magic pen is both almost useless and also diminishing the effect of your % penetration because it is applied first.
Pogo
1790
The highest base MR is 54. Almost half the champions have MR that scales per level.
Letâs say the average base MR in the game is 50 and the champion has no Aegis buff or MR boots.
Mastery: 50-(0.15*50) = 42.5 MR
Sorc Boots: 50-20 = 30 MR
Sorc Boots + Mastery: (50 - 20) - (50-20)0.15= 30-4.5 = 25 MR
Void Staff + Mastery + Boots: 30 - 30(0.49) = 30-14.7 = 15 MR
Void Staff + Mastery (no boots) = 50 - 50(0.49) = 50-24.5 = 25 MR
Void Staff: 50 - 50(0.40) = 50-20 = 30 MR
Sorc Boots by themselves do quite a significant amount of penetration against unbuffed carries.
Iâm not much of a proponent of the mastery. People think itâs required for a caster carry, but I donât feel that way at all.
150 MR Tank
Mastery + Boots: 130 - 130(0.15) = 130-20 = 110 MR
Void Staff + Mastery + Boots: 130 - 130(0.49) = 130-64 = 66 MR
Void Staff + Mastery: 150 - 150(0.49) = 76.5 MR
Void Staff + Boots: 130 - 130(0.40) = 78 MR
Void Staff: 150 - 150(0.40) = 90 MR
You can sort of see how Sorc Boots lose a large part of their effectiveness in the late game after a Void Staff is bought (they lose exactly the amount of %penetration, so 20 flat penetration loses out by 40% with a void staff⊠resulting in that 12 MR difference in the last two examples).
The difference between Mastery and non-Mastery seems like a big 14 MR, but at those MR numbers going from 90 to 76 MR doesnât actually result in much of an increase in damage. 76 MR is 44% damage. 90 MR is 47% damage.
I always forget to do it when Iâm playing AP carry, but I think at late game if you can get a Void Staff, you should sell your Sorc Boots and replace them with any of the other defensive boots (even dodge if itâs a late game Trynd kicking your ass). When people start getting Bansheeâs Veils is when you should be looking at a Void Staff as soon as possible.
Cougar
1791
Damnit, I already have that skin >.<
~C~
idrisz
1792
what mcknight said.
sorc boot is awesome if you have +10 magic pen from runes. because you basically bypass 100% most of the carryâs base mr.
but by the time you want to get void staff, flat Magic pen becomes useless.
example galioâs 147 MRâŠ
(147 - 20) / 40% = 76 MR left, basically your 20 magic pen boots itâs only worth about 12 compare to use only void staffâs 88 MR.
this gap becomes shorter as enemy stack more MR too.
This is what was happeningâŠoh well, Iâve played a lot of matches now and thatâs the only constant cherry picker Iâve seen so far.
Doesnât really matter, get over the mindset that people are stealing your kills. You might kill him or you might not, this way itâs for sure.
Man, why hadnât i played Gangplank yet :s So much fun, after you get the infinity edge, heâs such a monster :>
Pogo
1795
Be careful with this assumption.
I see a lot of newb players who lane with me who run in and die, not realizing that I had already used spells to CC+damage someone (especially as Morgana) and no longer have anything left to cast while they are running away and getting slaughtered. My cooldowns will come up and I will finish off one of the enemies that just killed my ally, or something like that.
They will then complain that I was waiting to kill steal, or that I didnât do anything while they died, because they make the stupid assumption that I have my spells ready, or that I have enough mana left to do anything useful.
Those are the worst players, the most annoying, the most bitchass commentators in /chat.
Meh, by that point in the game the bonus MR and tenacity of merc treads is probably not enough to save your life anyway.
Jungle GP is where its at, although I feel like the latest nerf really slowed me down more than I was expecting. I generally go Wriggleâs into Tri-Force. And if the game is somehow still going after that then IE or PD but I rarely get to that point even though Iâm a farming master.
Actually tenacity is probably the best late game stat available.
Shrug, if youâre a squishy caster and late game the other team is getting close enough to fuck up your shit then you probably arenât gonna win with any item combination.
I dunno, Merc Treads could save your assâŠ
Two words: Ashe arrow. Also reducing stuns and slows by 35% goes a long way to improving your ability to kite. For instance itâs the difference between life or death in an Amumu Ultimate.
In addition, merc threads now effect Silence.
