League of Legends (LoL) Question: Zephyr

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Zephyr

Asked by FalseoGod on January 19, 2013

I've been seeing loads of people getting this as an excuse not to run and instead replace them with . Is this as stupid as it seems to me or are there situations where it's perfectly legitimate, even advisable?

Answers (7)

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is great on bruisers with strong on-hit effects. They rely on the tenacity since they're melee, and also the on-hits w/autoattacks rather than crits.

To contrast, I don't think it's very good on AD carries, as they are often optimized for crit/dps rather than their on-hit effects.

is a good example of someone who does well with imo. In s2, she often did + (tenacity, magic res, on-hit dmg, aspd). Now she can do + and still get tenacity and aspd w/o building magic res if she doesn't need it.

(52) |

Xin Zhao has other things to build than .

(316) |

Ok, thanks for your answers. I was curious, I hardly play ad bruisers (except for but I don't see me getting this when I still don't have ALL THAT HP AND CDR) and couldn't tell exactly who wanted this item.

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also makes pretty strong use of . Most of the time, I ended up buying mid-early game, but would waste money if I upgraded it into .

(684) |

I don't think it's incredibly great on Irelia, but I don't think it's bad.

Pretty sure it's bad on everyone else though, besides possibly Xin and I might be stretching it here, but teemo.

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Or, you can buy Tabi and Zephyr and have the benefits of both Mercs and Tabi.

That's what I've been seeing on champions who use Zephyr anyway.

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I think it's good on Irelia.

Merc isn't necessary on every bruiser anyways. People run AS boots a lot. Zephyr isn't "an excuse" to not buy Merc treads, it's simply a way to get tenacity back without having to buy Merc.