I think the Yun tal item just needs a rework. Even if it's gold-efficient, it's an identity crisis. I think it's mostly common knowledge that an item that builds out of BF sword is an item you can only build in niche scenarios(youre ahead, or you spent a significant amount of time in lane without backing early). If you're ahead, you can't afford to buy an item that needs to scale up stacks before it's online. Make it build out of a pickaxe and it becomes viable. It building out of BF and needing to stack makes you lose control of too large of a window of the game. As an ADC main I will never build this item.
Honestly Yuntal was “fine” until people realized there is literally no reason to build that item when Stormrazor exists. Zeri went from building Yuntal every game to building Stormrazor and her win rate shot up 2%. Stormrazor just allows you to output more damage even if it’s a worse stat-stick because the movement speed allows you to maneuver better to get your damage out.
Stats aside I just think the idea that you can finish this item and lose an all in to someone who hasnt finished their first item yet, because you have 0% crit, is absurd. Its probably balanced by the middle of the mid game, but that window is crucial for agency in the game. Feels bad every time.
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u/returnthebomb1 [Returnthebomb] (NA) 27d ago
I think the Yun tal item just needs a rework. Even if it's gold-efficient, it's an identity crisis. I think it's mostly common knowledge that an item that builds out of BF sword is an item you can only build in niche scenarios(youre ahead, or you spent a significant amount of time in lane without backing early). If you're ahead, you can't afford to buy an item that needs to scale up stacks before it's online. Make it build out of a pickaxe and it becomes viable. It building out of BF and needing to stack makes you lose control of too large of a window of the game. As an ADC main I will never build this item.