caucheka wrote:
i think it'll be a good choice for support characters. they don't really have any boots themselves..
Supports usually go either Merc Treads for survivability (since supports are often highly targeted) or Sorcerer's Boots for more damage (since some supports have good nukes; ie. Morgana, Sona)
CDR early game also increases mana spending, and as a support you don't want to be low on mana (and if you are low on mana, you can't make good use of the CDR anyway), which makes early CDR kind of pointless.
B-Wong wrote:
Not the boots themselves but rather, the upgrade cause Merc Treads from basic boots is a whole 850 gold or so. So a total of 1200 gold. There's plenty of money there that could've been spent elsewhere, etc. etc. Not gonna put up a whole essay.
Thing about Merc Treads is that it's composed of TWO daughter items; in fact, when building Merc Treads, I will often buy Null-Magic Mantle FIRST to become more durable against harass and THEN Boots of Speed; most other level 2 shoes are about 1000-1200, too, so Merc Treads being 1200 while building two daughter items actually makes your early game advantages that much better.
For CDR Boots to possibly be effective, it had better cost 1000 or less. Otherwise you can already build Merc Tread daughter items for 750 gold while level 2 boot speed is actually not even needed until mid-game.
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SixSonatas wrote:
... with Blue buff giving 10% ...
the Ancient Golem's Blue buff actually gives you 23% CDR. I think maybe you're thinking of the Green Buff that Wolf from TT gives you. That gives 10% CDR.
Anyway...15% CDR boots...pretty awesome actually, but I think it's probably going to end up kind of like Sorc boots or zerk grieves. Niche item that goes great on certain champs but most will eschew in favor of Merc Treads
Visfarix wrote:
the Ancient Golem's Blue buff actually gives you 23% CDR. I think maybe you're thinking of the Green Buff that Wolf from TT gives you. That gives 10% CDR.
Further supports my point :P
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JACN wrote:
CDR + Swain = More Viable Swain
That's the only Champion I can think of that gains a lot from these boots.
...And anything that has absolutely no mana or energy usage.
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