@legaltweetz@gideonmack All these insults you are throwing out just makes it so clear that you are a chronic liar or really underdeveloped in your brain
Lawyer my ass
CRIT IS BAD ON SMOLDER IN S16 NOW
hi I'm bluwunk :3 I'm a challenger smolder 1 trick (peaked 971 LP)
Here's why:
Tomorrow, every other ADC's base crit damage is going from 175% to 200% while Smolder's is getting cut nearly in half (+115% to +65% dmg).
He will be worse with crit while every other ADC is going to be better with it. This will open up different build options for him that are more fun :3
That being said, obviously some of the crit items will still be good on him:
1) Essence Reaver: Huge buff from live version. It's like 100+ dmg for free on each Q for the whole game.
2) RFC: Pretty sure in games where the range was useful before, this won't change
3) LDR: Gets its giant slayer passive back - Deal up to 15% bonus damage against champions based on their bonus health. Maximum damage bonus reached at 1500 bonus health. obviously this is really good against tanks or health stackers
I think these won't be worth getting:
1) Hexoptics: A cool new item but the CONDITIONAL 10% damage bonus ONLY works on his Q (and autos but..). That on top of base stat line of 50AD and 25% crit I don't think this will be worth it.
2) Stormrazor: i don't think anyone is buying this tbh
3) Infinity Edge: Last patch this item gave Smolder +40% crit damage with a full crit build. This patch it only gives +15%. I really don't think this item will be good on him MAAAAAAAybe last slot with a lot of stacks but even then I think there are probably better options.
Here's the two builds I'm looking at for next season.
1) Hubris Build
The general idea is that the first one is gonna be good against squishies. And BT is replaceable for Bastion breaker for more damage if you don't need the Lifesteal.
2) Bruiser Build
The second one is gonna be good against tankier teams or against a lot of dive. The main point of this one is to stack a ton of HP Haste and AD. HP and some armor to not get oneshot and a ton of Haste to stack faster and burn down tanks. Lvl 18 is looking at like 4k hp 150 armor like 400-500 AD and 150 haste (40 of the haste doesn't show in stats cause it's basic ability haste from legend haste and shojin) Putting your Q at like a 1.4 second cooldown. Also Deaths Dance can be Maw if ur against AP assassins.
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