Friday, February 28, 2014

Boots of Mobility - Change the Passive

As of right now, Mobility Boots are very weak because of the change that happened with 4.3  They have the same MS of Boots of Speed when in combat, lower than any other tier 2 boots in the game.  The trade-off being that when out of combat you have more MS than any other boots.

Because of how harsh the MS drop is between in combat and out of combat, I think that a better factor for determining whether you get the speed should be the last time you took damage.  Essentially, make Boots of Mobility work like Miss Fortune's passive, Strut.

This would mean that as long as you yourself don't take damage, you're still moving quickly.  It would reward players that avoid being hit while fighting and would change nothing for champions that are taking damage before they deal it.  It would also put a larger emphasis on kitting Mobility Boots instead of just running from people with them.

Alternatively or Additively:

Since moving between camps is one of the problems for junglers, make it so that the boots don't go down to 25 MS when hit by neutral monsters.

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