Analysis: AD Carries, Old vs New
Lets take a look back shall we, back to the very early stages of development when riot was just formed, and they were coming up with what stats to use. of course they would use health, armor, magic resist, etc.. all the basics. but then came the big question. how do we make mages scale into late game?
the answer to this, was the stat ability power. ability power is just what it says it is, a stat that buffs the power of your abilities. not only was this stat useful to mages, but it was useful to anyone who wanted to deal more damage with their spells. carries such as tristana and teemo could do just that, build damage as and crit or build ability power and do great damage with their abilities if they so choose.
lets take a look at tristana for a sec shall we?
her passive and q were perfect for her role as a carry, while her other skills were their to support her role. if instead you wanted to build her as a mage, her w e and r would be there to enforce her role as an ap carry, with…
the answer to this, was the stat ability power. ability power is just what it says it is, a stat that buffs the power of your abilities. not only was this stat useful to mages, but it was useful to anyone who wanted to deal more damage with their spells. carries such as tristana and teemo could do just that, build damage as and crit or build ability power and do great damage with their abilities if they so choose.
lets take a look at tristana for a sec shall we?
her passive and q were perfect for her role as a carry, while her other skills were their to support her role. if instead you wanted to build her as a mage, her w e and r would be there to enforce her role as an ap carry, with…