Hi Forte. I watch your stream sometimes but havent spoken. I'm Master tier Syndra main on EUW, so similar boat What I wanted to say is: your anti-AD build is not good. What actually goes wrong isn't that they kill you and you get put behind, but your build PUTS you behind as you lack dmg.
Hello,
Yes, I can see how that'd look, especially with a Tear+Doran's buy versus a Doran's+Blasting Wand buy. I'm of the mind that RoA is probably stronger with its less maintenance (no need to trigger finger Seraph's active), as well as the value of the passive health later on. I've been mulling over the swap and I've been testing it out in some situations.
So far, I've concluded in some AD lanes it is good, others not so much. Wherever Zhonya's is an imminent and must buy, RoA delays that approach significantly (3000 gold to Tear's 750g). There is also the more fringe case of immediate, heavy MR stack, which requires a Void Staff to answer. Again, 3000g deficit before even devoting an Amp Tome to Void.
In all normal situations, though, you can coast along RoA's components without much complaint it seems. I'm starting to suspect it will become necessary to simply give up early game versus ADs, as they all possess much more powerful defensive answers than APs do. By the time you answer their itemization they're well on their way to ignoring you, so it's a bit of a catch 22.
Yes, I can see how that'd look, especially with a Tear+Doran's buy versus a Doran's+Blasting Wand buy. I'm of the mind that RoA is probably stronger with its less maintenance (no need to trigger finger Seraph's active), as well as the value of the passive health later on. I've been mulling over the swap and I've been testing it out in some situations.
So far, I've concluded in some AD lanes it is good, others not so much. Wherever Zhonya's is an imminent and must buy, RoA delays that approach significantly (3000 gold to Tear's 750g). There is also the more fringe case of immediate, heavy MR stack, which requires a Void Staff to answer. Again, 3000g deficit before even devoting an Amp Tome to Void.
In all normal situations, though, you can coast along RoA's components without much complaint it seems. I'm starting to suspect it will become necessary to simply give up early game versus ADs, as they all possess much more powerful defensive answers than APs do. By the time you answer their itemization they're well on their way to ignoring you, so it's a bit of a catch 22.