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Well, if he scaled off AP, he probably wouldn't have his strong autoattacks as well...

because that would be pretty bad
once tf can 1v1 olaf, and champions can 1v1, why is it still a team game?
are you saying orianna should be able to 1v1 xin zhao?  then what of her team abilities? obvious op for utility champs
same example, how about her aoe?  so she can 1v1 xin with aoe.  xin has to be able to 1v1 her without significant aoe.  So what does that speak of balance?
and power curves.  When can orianna 1v1 xin on equal terms? (she should really never be able to, considering xin is heavily focused on dueling, while orianna is not) 

cool! a cnc reference :)
imo, red alert 3 was a fail :(

anyhow, good article.
so what hard counters exist?  its hard to think of one O.o

i see
so the stupid category is overwhelming punishment of mistakes on top of a decent base-line level?

then that would apply to quite a few bruisers without much counterplay, as well as assassins and ap bursts that can follow with dps right?
pretty much you dont want to create a champion that can punish you for mistakes harshly, as well as function very well without punishing your mistakes.

thats what i got at least.

ok...  that sounds far from civil, more mocking than actual civil discussion

im just using them as examples, because they roughly the same role of hyper-bursting a champion.  i could have easily used someone like leblanc or such.  the question still stands though, what makes a champ stupid, but not another champ?

and tbh, i find it easier to stunlock a team with veigar than syndra (and its a longer stun)

so, wouldn't this apply a lot to champions with targeted gap closers and assassins in general?

because targeted gap closers (especially ones that come with more cc) also lack counterplay, and especially on a melee champ with some form of cc, the end result is something akin to talon/annie, build tanky, and kill them, or kill them first.

and the "stupid" argument, could apply to theoretically any champ.  what separates a "stupid" champ from a "non-stupid" champ?  its rather vague in the distinction why say, syndra is "stupid" while a champion like veigar isnt, or why cass is "stupid" but a champ like ryze isn't (unless they are, but im not sure how the "stupid" category is defined).  because one can say "oh, i think xin is just stupid, heal, dps, hard cc, gap closer", or "karthus is stupid, dps, super slow, global ult, farming potential"
.  im at a lost on how the "stupid" category is really there.

as for cass, i think the reason she was nerfed was definite, because earlier, her weaknesses were covered up by her strengths.

As for syndra, i still don't know why shes next, but not any other mage. 

other than that, i think it was a decent analysis, less rage-y than i expected, so im content :)

tbh, i dont think zhonyas should cost more than 3200
but, the price increase is worth less than the ap extra, so meh

atm, 2400 for 120 ap

900 for the armor
110 for the active

Lol, this was pretty funny haha

i dont think its correct to say it isn't and AD caster item, because it obviously does its job for them

but i do think its correct to say its not a distinctly AD caster item

but by your logic, only Lich bane, Malady, and Deathcap would count as "AP caster items"

because the rest of the items don't make them "scale" better, they just provide scaling.

similarly to how you state BC doesn't make them "scale" better, it just provides scaling.

and the new DFG doesn't technically increase scaling any more than an effect like armor penetration.  it doesn't directly increase scaling, so i dont think it counts as an "AP caster item"

but i think riot has mentioned before that because AD casters have 1.0 scaling on their autoattacks, they don't want to give them AP carry level scaling on skills, because they still have tools for damage outside of their skills, while AP carries are limited in that aspect.

wow O.o seems to be lots of bruiser buff overall