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  • Duskblade of Draktharr may very well be the "Ryze" of items, undergoing countless variations all just as problematic as the one that came before. Despite being reworked and readjusted so many times it eventually got taken out of the game for being too problematic. Today we'll be going over the history of Duskblade, one of the most hated items in League of Legends.
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  • @oneofthe12sionmains70
    @oneofthe12sionmains70 3 місяці тому +1366

    Never forget that Rito said “we found invisibility to have too much frustration so we need to change this” and decided to replace invisibility with INVINCIBILITY

    • @Moakmeister
      @Moakmeister 3 місяці тому +119

      They often do the exact opposite of what they’re saying. Remember when they reduced Asol’s damage and claimed it made him “burstier?” I remember.

    • @BrutalSalamander1
      @BrutalSalamander1 3 місяці тому +195

      "Are you tired of not seeing an enemy and being mostly powerless against them? Well now you CAN see them while being completely powerless against them!"

    • @TrueHylianKnight
      @TrueHylianKnight 3 місяці тому +79

      That shit confused the hell out of me, I figured with them being "Untargetable" I could still hit them with untargeted AoE attacks right?
      wrong.

    • @doglopmaz
      @doglopmaz 3 місяці тому +5

      The issue was the constant invicibility, that was the frustrating part, made the item an issue with reset champs like yi

    • @RavenDumpster
      @RavenDumpster 3 місяці тому +6

      It was so cool having an ability that already has zero counterplay be put on an item and used on champs that you already can't see or target 🙃

  • @itchyballsl
    @itchyballsl 3 місяці тому +704

    the final version of duskblade was the worst for sure

    • @d_camara
      @d_camara 3 місяці тому +90

      Current version is the best tho

    • @lillyie
      @lillyie 3 місяці тому +49

      duskblade is so overloaded it's split between multiple items
      it's vision denying component became umbral glaive
      it's passive upon getting a kill went to opportunity
      and the bonus auto damage and slowing is now voltaic cyclosword
      talk about being an overloaded item

    • @firek4306
      @firek4306 3 місяці тому +4

      I always felt like the final version of duskblade was just an ARAM item, it was disappointing in SR and ultra OP in ARAM to the point almost everyone was bulding it

    • @LexisVoyage
      @LexisVoyage 3 місяці тому +5

      @@d_camaraits gone though???

    • @firek4306
      @firek4306 3 місяці тому +5

      ​@@lillyieand the Nightfall passive kinda got turned into stormsurge

  • @annenoose6444
    @annenoose6444 3 місяці тому +530

    i hope he talks about the history of bork and how crazily its been overtuned over its life time. (the dang thang used to do like 7 different things)

    • @velconx15
      @velconx15 3 місяці тому +58

      The Ryze of items

    • @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes.
      @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes. 3 місяці тому +40

      200 years of game design experience.

    • @ashtonshephard3852
      @ashtonshephard3852 3 місяці тому +4

      I think since they reduced borks passive damage in like season 12 it's been an okay item

    • @skelet8337
      @skelet8337 3 місяці тому +21

      You know i think we just got used to it since it's release Bork has never been bad it has been either decent item or straight busted for years so we just ignore how op it is and except anyone that can use the stats will build it.

    • @Topunito
      @Topunito 3 місяці тому

      ​@@ashtonshephard3852 it's crazy on some champs tho, like on irelia or jax it's a gargantuan first item powerspike that lets them beat some 2 item champs

  • @lillyie
    @lillyie 3 місяці тому +293

    duskblade is so overloaded it's components became split between multiple items
    the vision denying part became umbral glaive
    the passive after getting a kill became opportunity
    and the bonus damage on autos and slow is now voltaic cyclosword

    • @livingreverie5951
      @livingreverie5951 3 місяці тому +22

      Not to mention when Umbral first arrived
      Dusk got split Again with Sanguine Blade but that was removed

    • @jurivjerdha2467
      @jurivjerdha2467 3 місяці тому +3

      and now with how much yuo need damage ingame unbral became literaly the most unpurchased iteam ever . That passive needs to be added to voltaic .

    • @jazzmair
      @jazzmair 3 місяці тому +2

      stormsurge, opportunity, umbrave glaive, cyclo-sworl. wow, this item is cringe and overloaded

    • @lillyie
      @lillyie 3 місяці тому +5

      @@jurivjerdha2467 yea i've never seen anyone outside of senna players build umbral glaive

    • @livingreverie5951
      @livingreverie5951 3 місяці тому +3

      @@jurivjerdha2467 for laners yes, for supports that is just False
      its like a core on Senna, Pyke, and AD Shaco but youre not wrong.

  • @SuperWeeb9000
    @SuperWeeb9000 3 місяці тому +84

    I hated the last version of duskblade, the tool tip only said that you would become untargetable not invincible, but they never fixed that, it was infuriating watching someone get the proc, and then stop taking damage from ignite or dots, and walk away with next to no hp instead of dying. I think the vanish from the first mythic version would've been fine if it had like a 10 second cd.

    • @maxomega3
      @maxomega3 3 місяці тому +3

      see I distinctly remember them (kinda) fixing that by changing it from invulnerability to deleting projectiles, which was still stupid, but at least DOTs like ignite killed again

    • @antonioreconquistador
      @antonioreconquistador 3 місяці тому +2

      The vanish was pretty fucked because it gave champions a get out of jail free card, and stealth/untargetablility champions another. The mythic item bs made it so that it was your best option if you dealt good enough damage to utilize the stealth at all. I wouldnt want it on a new item, it made never-tuned master yis and samiras into invisible demons.

  • @GuardianGrarl
    @GuardianGrarl 3 місяці тому +32

    Pyke: *gets Duskblade*
    Everyone on enemy team: *d e a d*

  • @Soepstengel2000
    @Soepstengel2000 3 місяці тому +117

    If I can add my 2 cents: Duskblade to me always felt like more of a DotA item than a LoL item. It's something that, the moment you get it, basically adds a whole new feature to your character instead of enhancing the existing, unique identity that they already have. The risk with items like that is that every character ends up feeling/playing the same.
    The whole point about removing interactivity is a big one, but for me the fact that Duskblade turned every champion into the same unstoppable instakill persona was the real kicker...

    • @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes.
      @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes. 3 місяці тому +1

      Wow what an awesome comment!
      This is genuinely a very good take!

    • @maciejkleszczynski9808
      @maciejkleszczynski9808 3 місяці тому +4

      " the moment you get it, basically adds a whole new feature to your character" is precisely what makes items good imo. Now the feature needs to be reliant on what your character already has. For example Rylai is good when you can reliably proc it and you dont already have a slow on the abilities that you apply the effect with. Duskblade is on the negative side of this because it didnt require anything from a champions kit - you could proc it on adc as well as on an assasin. This item may not have been ideal but it at least was an attempt to be an interesting choice, much better than items like Rabadons, Infinity Edge etc.

    • @1dingerr
      @1dingerr 3 місяці тому +14

      The biggest problem is items that create 0 counterplay. Rengar/Khazix with duskblade for example, can one shot the carry before anyone can cast a spell and then become untargetable and run away. Being able to one-shot isn't OP, being able to one-shot with 0 risk is. That's also why zhonyas is a bad item and should be reworked or removed at this point.

    • @Notllamalord
      @Notllamalord 3 місяці тому +4

      I don’t think that’s a huge problem design wise, it’s items like those (heartsteel, rocket belt, etc) that create interesting and varied builds. The problem with dusk blade was the invuln

    • @99temporal
      @99temporal 3 місяці тому

      but the big thing about dota items is that the majority of them have counterplay IN OTHER ITEMS, so you are never hopeless
      Like, if duskblade was a dota item, i'd just buy a Dust of Appearance for 80 gold and badabing badaboom

  • @Abdelrahman-Darwish
    @Abdelrahman-Darwish 3 місяці тому +13

    You forgot one of the most broken uses of duskblade during its first few iterations when it had the nightstalker passive even when it was on cooldown you could ping the item and it will tell u weather or not u were spotted by a ward by a prompt in chat saying seen or unseen which was super useful for not buying control wards and not wasting trinkets

  • @omgodification
    @omgodification 3 місяці тому +64

    Holy shit playing against any assassin with duskblade was absolutely miserable

    • @worldiefeard8396
      @worldiefeard8396 3 місяці тому +19

      Honestly, it was even more miserable to play against *bruisers* with duskblade. At least Assassins there was the possibility to kill them before they kill you, but you weren't killing a Lee Sin, Aatrox or even Master Yi before they'd slice you to death and proceed to mow over the rest of the team while being invulnerable

    • @omgodification
      @omgodification 3 місяці тому +8

      Lets just agree it was miserable to play against duskblade period man

    • @APimpNamedSlickback09
      @APimpNamedSlickback09 3 місяці тому +6

      ​@@worldiefeard8396duskblade aatrox was so fun seeing people disappear

  • @mercadier6312
    @mercadier6312 3 місяці тому +106

    When the end of mythic items came, the #1 item change I was most happy about was "Duskblade is being removed". Not adjusted, not nerfed, just flat out deleted.

  • @looneymar9153
    @looneymar9153 3 місяці тому +14

    only thing making it notable for me is it going from "Zed - The Item" to "KhaZix - The Item" to then "Thank fuck there isn't a whole ass champion that would be doing this without needing the item"

  • @strongerthanever2039
    @strongerthanever2039 3 місяці тому +19

    Can't believe when you were listing most meta-breaking mythic items, you didn't mention divine sunderer.

    • @99temporal
      @99temporal 3 місяці тому +2

      divine sunderer was... ok. It was good for the majority of it's life time, but not even close to how broken banner, zzrot and ardent censer were at their peak

    • @strongerthanever2039
      @strongerthanever2039 3 місяці тому +5

      @@99temporal What are you talking about? None of those were mythic items. I was talking about that part of the video when he got to s11-13.

    • @guifdcanalli
      @guifdcanalli Місяць тому +2

      ​@@99temporalAre you a dirty bruiser player? That item was the epitome of why mythic system was a mistake, it was changed, reworked, nerfed and abused SO much over the course of just 3 years, it made low damage tanks fall off meta just because there was no way to trade against a 2s cd % shred+heal
      Divine Sunderer was the definition of overtuned

  • @Wildcat12
    @Wildcat12 3 місяці тому +6

    Please god cover Bork. It has consistently been a problem that it feels like people refuse to acknowledge as an issue. That item did more than most of the mythics and basically every champ that can reasonably build it does. It single-handedly allowed builds like tank Yone to exist since it alone did more damage than building two crit items. It gives a massive burst of power on completion from stats alone, has CC, and acts as anti-tank and sustain. And it has one of the best build paths of any item in the game with both Recurve Bow and Vamp Scepter. There has never been a point in years where this item was actually bad.

  • @Topunito
    @Topunito 3 місяці тому +22

    I started playing in season 8 so some of my most enduring memories of any sort of item or build come from the lethality miss fortune i played back then. duskblade gave me joy. that was a fun build.

  • @Keln02
    @Keln02 3 місяці тому +10

    It's a conceptually flawed item.
    Assassins need to pick the time and moment to snipe a target.
    If they fail to do so, they either miss the target, or fail to survive.
    Giving them an item that gives the a free escape means the positioning minigame isn't playing defenders advantage that hard

  • @fernandocorreawitt6510
    @fernandocorreawitt6510 3 місяці тому +9

    Draktharr was a pretty good idea when it comes to its second iteration, when it had a vision-denying aspect. Then it became a bursty burst for bursty burst champions to add burst in top of the burst they already had, and then added the free exit card by adding invisibility and then untargetability, excluding one of the crucial weakness assassins had.

    • @einjharrelraca
      @einjharrelraca 2 місяці тому

      The last duskblade was so hillariously busted that even after removing half of what the damn thing did is was STILL the defacto second best item in the game. (if you didnt just consider sunderer a game mechanic considering how it was in EVERY game like i did.

  • @kreeperkiller4423
    @kreeperkiller4423 3 місяці тому +5

    One of the things that made the last iteration of duskblade so versatile for attack damage champions was the percent increase in ability damage. Almost every single champ who wanted to deal damage with their abilities that scaled with AD now could realistically go duskblade, regardless of how their kit functions

  • @NargiKyrad
    @NargiKyrad 3 місяці тому +8

    that reaper comic with the duskblade almost made me fall from my chair

  • @stijnvanderhaegen6269
    @stijnvanderhaegen6269 3 місяці тому +11

    Kha'zix weeps

  • @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes.
    @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes. 3 місяці тому +64

    I did not knew Duskblade was 8 years old, I thought it was 3 or 2 and that it came out in 2021 with the Mythic item system.
    EDIT: Why the did I got so many likes?
    I guess you are all a bunch of new players as well that related with my statement.

    • @auag7208
      @auag7208 3 місяці тому +3

      Lmao same, I started playing (very casually) a couple years before the shop rework, and until this very video I thought Duskblade was introduced with mythics!

    • @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes.
      @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes. 3 місяці тому

      @@auag7208 Same.
      Got into the game back in 2021, the tail end of it.

    • @KaiserAventus
      @KaiserAventus 3 місяці тому +2

      Same, but i am playing League for maby 8 years or So 😂

    • @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes.
      @Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes. 3 місяці тому

      @@KaiserAventus Based

    • @99temporal
      @99temporal 3 місяці тому +1

      I have the same feeling, but for the opposite reason
      Duskblade feels like one of the new items, because i was already a veteran when they added lethality to the game(along with the assassin rework)

  • @jackt.8201
    @jackt.8201 3 місяці тому +7

    I used to abuse full lethality + dark harvest rune + duskblade AD evelynn jungle. Her old E used to proc on hit effects whilst having an 100% AD ratio. She would literally, and I mean this wholeheartedly, one shot squishy targets with 1 ability because it was that powerful. You used to even sneak in a Trinity force too, to get the additional sheen affects. It was severely broken, and I abused it to get to Diamond before Evelynn was reworked, and unfortunately, lost any and all AD scaling.

    • @NaySan
      @NaySan 3 місяці тому

      You probably used Thunderlord's Decree. Dark harvest was introduced in 7.22 while Evelynn was reworked in 7.20.
      New Evelynn also proc on-hit effects with e. I facepalm hard when I see Eves rushing stormsurge instead of lich bane, despite the fact that lich deals more damage, has no cd, no condition, and proc automatically.

    • @99temporal
      @99temporal 3 місяці тому

      ​@@NaySan old ad eve used to use the battle bloodlust rune(that i forgot the real name... what is today's conqueror) or the deathfire touch one, if i remember correctly(sometimes the stormraiders surge, which is nowadays phase rush)

    • @akang69420
      @akang69420 3 місяці тому

      ahh yes, the old duskblade+trinity+hydra

  • @TheDoctorOfThrills
    @TheDoctorOfThrills 3 місяці тому +2

    Let's also not forget the terror that was lethality Miss Fortune during the first iteration of duskblade. She was one of its main users because of how Double Up worked.

  • @gotted4439
    @gotted4439 3 місяці тому +31

    idk why i smiled when i saw young redmercy
    good old days

    • @katoshuu
      @katoshuu 3 місяці тому

      I don't watch him anymore, what happened?

    • @twrk139
      @twrk139 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@katoshuuwe all grew up

    • @ventu7907
      @ventu7907 3 місяці тому

      @@katoshuuhe de facto retired

  • @Blu_Moon_Owl
    @Blu_Moon_Owl 3 місяці тому +6

    Only been playing League for a year now so I experienced v4 and v5 of Duskblade. It was ALWAYS on a Samira or Miss Fortune when playing and it mainly sucked and rarely were we able to stop them before they popped off, but at least for me the last version of Duskblade was my personal favorite even though it wasn’t good for the game. I liked it on Rengar because if I managed to get my one kill, duskblade would save me from getting attacked by the other enemies and it felt awesome. Interesting how much it changed only to be gone for good

  • @bioraidos5454
    @bioraidos5454 3 місяці тому +2

    Man the days of duskblade yi on aram were a nightmare. At least when it made you invisible there was still some way to counter it because you were invisible, not invincible. Then came the final version and oh my god. "Oh you worry about the invisibility? Well no worries! We took it out! And now who wields it is UNTARGETABLE!"
    Whoever thought that was a good idea was high

  • @johangelrodriguez6835
    @johangelrodriguez6835 3 місяці тому +4

    really miss my 3rd Ghostblade. Damage, CDR, Ward Clearingt. It was beautiful, specially with Talon

  • @darkmatter9651
    @darkmatter9651 3 місяці тому +1

    That one clip where the master yi runs into fountain after getting a quadra and then he AFKs XD

  • @davidreeding9176
    @davidreeding9176 3 місяці тому +8

    Do gunblade next please I miss that item and I miss you

  • @EddyConejo
    @EddyConejo 3 місяці тому +2

    Final version of Duskblade on Illaoi was such a nasty combo. From 3 items forward if you could hit your E on someone that person was basically dead.

  • @MajinMattPlays
    @MajinMattPlays 3 місяці тому +2

    As someone who remembers when Duskblade was first introduced, I'm glad to see it go. Assassin Items in general needed a huge rethink and Duskblade was one of the prime examples of that since it was always incredibly powerful or nerfed into the ground. I've not played enough S14 to judge them now but I'm hoping they're better.

  • @daymianhogue1634
    @daymianhogue1634 3 місяці тому +4

    God damn a throw back to Zed ult the item. Really funny they removed duskblade but some of the new lethality items are based on old versions of it... And they were just like "no, the name is cursed make it a new item, dont just revert it" also it and rageblade are the Ryzes of items with all the reworks

  • @PhantomMarth
    @PhantomMarth 3 місяці тому

    Thankyou for your content, I thoroughly enjoy the videos

  • @sans-99998
    @sans-99998 3 місяці тому +2

    I like history stuff about items, do more pls.

  • @bastianpena2696
    @bastianpena2696 3 місяці тому +3

    i remember the short but hella fun time with Lethality Briar Duskblade

    • @magical571
      @magical571 3 місяці тому +1

      you talk about as if briar came not even a year ago lol

  • @MemeAdicction
    @MemeAdicction 3 місяці тому +2

    I think the heathiest version of duskblade was the one with an slow+dmg on basic and invisibility on takedowns. Granted was a high risk high reward playstyle because you didn't have that big of a burst and can't just go in brainlessly or you just die by AoE, AoE cc, not point and click CC, but once you get the timing it helps the purpose of being an assasin go in burst someone get out wait for CDs. It just was overshadow by other OP items which was sad honestly.

  • @Ekaidseaky
    @Ekaidseaky 3 місяці тому +4

    Im suprised duskblade in its final form lasted so long. It made aram and fighting anyone using it. Just a terrible experience

    • @magical571
      @magical571 3 місяці тому

      Agreed, couldn't be happier it's gone

    • @FranciscoJG
      @FranciscoJG 3 місяці тому

      I would take Guardian Angel over that abomination on ARAM any day.

    • @Ekaidseaky
      @Ekaidseaky 3 місяці тому

      @@FranciscoJG yeah 100%. At least GA they don't do damage during it

    • @mollywinegar241
      @mollywinegar241 2 місяці тому

      Duskblade master yi gave me PTSD with how horrid it was to go against in ARAM. 4/5 pentas in ONE GAME

  • @BLKCLVR
    @BLKCLVR 3 місяці тому +3

    I fucking hated Duskblade, after s10 it was the ultimate anti-counterplay item. I think the best version was the first one. It didn't help you annihilate squishies but assassins don't need help doing that anyways. It increased the number of targets that you could do significant damage to, allowing you to chunk people who would survive your burst combo. Probably not enough to finish them off, but enough to force them to base.

  • @liamfairbairn3374
    @liamfairbairn3374 3 місяці тому +1

    Duskblade/stormrazer combo on hecarim when stormrazer waw first introduced is peak one shot meta. You came in like a train hit them once under tower, took 1 tower shot from entire interaction and left with 500 gold. Good times.

  • @george5387
    @george5387 3 місяці тому +1

    My soul left my bad when he mentioned duskblade nasus,that question mark ping was so loud 😂

  • @PsQueak2
    @PsQueak2 3 місяці тому +1

    Damn it Vars, right when I was getting over the trauma and almost forgot about it's existence!

  • @DuskShaco
    @DuskShaco 13 днів тому +1

    I miss you Duskblade…Great Video btw!

  • @yoavivker510
    @yoavivker510 3 місяці тому

    I would like to humbly request a video deep dive into items that gave a certain effect that should only be on certain champions to the entire roster.
    Like the invisibility/immunity of duskblade, the stasis of stopwatch, or the stun/root of everfrost...

  • @ip5676
    @ip5676 3 місяці тому +1

    Couple of curious notes from memory:
    Someone you wouldn't expect to use Duskblade 2 was Vayne, who could proc it with invisible tumbles if I remember correctly.
    I think Duskblade/Lethality Master Yi with Hail of Blades was more a product of him having no good on-hit build right after the Mythic item rework, moreso than Duskblade screaming "I'm broken on Yi" (though it certainly was and, even though I'm not a jungler, I had tons of fun with lethality Yi in normals).

  • @FilthyGaijin
    @FilthyGaijin Місяць тому

    6:10 yooo Redmercy and reworked Rengar, now that was a trip down memory lane

  • @neonavaro25
    @neonavaro25 3 місяці тому

    I remember mainly the invisiblity one. The memory of Rengar and Nasus with that thing is seared into my mind.

  • @quivertheprotogen7905
    @quivertheprotogen7905 3 місяці тому +2

    You know what would’ve saved Duskblade? If its passive had a lethality activation threshold similar to how Warmog’s has a bonus health activation threshold. I’m not sure why that kind of design idea hasn’t shown up again somewhere.

  • @SquidBow
    @SquidBow 3 місяці тому +1

    RIP, Duskblade. You will always have a place in my heart

  • @CrazyStarSuga
    @CrazyStarSuga 3 місяці тому

    Maybe I am mistaken but I believe Duskblade was also built on old Twitch. If I remember correctly, SSW imp was building it on Twitch in the combination with BOTRK on Worlds 2014 which is weird considering you said in the video that Duskblade was only viable with the combination of another lethality items.

  • @rubinrobo2265
    @rubinrobo2265 3 місяці тому +1

    I think when the nerf to only make you untargetable and not invincible was present for long enough to also be worth mentioning.

  • @Javixk17
    @Javixk17 3 місяці тому +1

    Rest in peace my darling, until we meet again duskblade

  • @juangil5680
    @juangil5680 3 місяці тому

    I started in s7 but I remember with the duskblade passive, even if it wasn’t up you would be able to tell if you were on vision or not. So you pretty much had oracle on you at all times which better players were able to completely abuse, that version was probably the craziest one

  • @bart10050
    @bart10050 3 місяці тому +1

    I did not realise at the time, nor would I have the skill to exploit properly, the degeneracy of Ardent Censer during its meta. Regardless, this is when I found Lulu, and have played her to relative success ever since. So without being the flavor of the month meta player, I've found my main through this meta and it will forever have a special place in my heart.

  • @zigh352
    @zigh352 3 місяці тому +1

    Ide love to one of these for Tiamat/Hydras,

  • @ednorthon
    @ednorthon 3 місяці тому

    The 2nd version also suffered from the item pool of Lethality, you had to build a rigid build with almost zero flexibility. It's would have been much better if it had been released today. I used to go Duskblade + full Lethality + RFC Vayne into squishies team, it was extremely snowbally but fun

  • @JohnDoe-sm5jv
    @JohnDoe-sm5jv 3 місяці тому +1

    When is the BORK video coming out?

  • @forestpacyfista6841
    @forestpacyfista6841 3 місяці тому

    I was wondering... Why don't you make podcast from your videos? I would 100% listen to them cause you have good voice for it and most of the time your sound from videos can live without (still cool) cinematic :3

  • @h3nder
    @h3nder 3 місяці тому +1

    When they added the 5th Duskblade they saw how weak Fizz was and went "what if every AD character could become the Fish?"

  • @Nartanek
    @Nartanek 3 місяці тому +4

    Ngl i prefer when items are just stat sticks or have a small passive component. Champions should be able to stand on their own without the need of an active from an item to help them with dash, cc or what not. Tiamat and its derivative items are fine i think, so is zhonya because mages are balanced around it since it's always been there. I kinda have the same opinion about summoners spells though, i've been playing the game on and off since season 1 and i always detested the idea of summoner spells, especially flash since it's a no brainer 99% of the time. Don't get me wrong i do use flash myself but i would be glad if it disapeared from the game.

    • @xarao
      @xarao 3 місяці тому +2

      chad ghost lovers rise up!

    • @Rockzilla1122
      @Rockzilla1122 3 місяці тому

      Flatbrained take

  • @alanyang7801
    @alanyang7801 2 місяці тому

    I remember the VERY FIRST iteration of duskblade allowed you to do 500 flat dmg coming out of stealth/invis. I remember abusing this on Vayne, but this iteration of duskblade didn’t even last a week I believe.

  • @AndresLopez-st3lz
    @AndresLopez-st3lz 3 місяці тому

    I still remember that game where our jg YI got 2 pentas because he used this item, the enemy team didn't have any CC 😭

  • @LABVEAS
    @LABVEAS 25 днів тому

    You forgot the Ezreal jungle incident, shooting Qs out of vision with Duskblade proc in every single one.

  • @mariannapapikyan4123
    @mariannapapikyan4123 3 місяці тому +1

    People consider Fizz's E the most frustrating/broken ability to play against because he has untargetability on a basic ability on a short cooldown and they decided to give it to any AD champ

  • @henriquemedeiros2840
    @henriquemedeiros2840 3 місяці тому +1

    duskblade of invisibility was the funniest moment I ever had in league

  • @puddingsimon2626
    @puddingsimon2626 3 місяці тому +1

    Drakthaar is such a cool name idk why there isnt a darkin named like that, would go hard.

  • @coolbrotherf127
    @coolbrotherf127 3 місяці тому +1

    This item was so fun to abuse on Samira making her almost impossible to kill. Although, it was so tilting on a Shaco that could just be permanently invisible.

  • @emmas1366
    @emmas1366 3 місяці тому

    I remember playing against a duskblade leblanc as a newbie support/mid mage coming into the game.. the first time i ran into it was probably one of the most WTF moments id ever experience in league even now 2ish years later

  • @kaisercheese4011
    @kaisercheese4011 3 місяці тому

    Whenever Vars does the cinematic camera spinning around fights at an angle it makes me get motion sickness ;(

  • @marco2S
    @marco2S 3 місяці тому

    Started playing in s7 and I somehow absolutly cannot remember duskblade ever having a vision clearing passive.

  • @stefanristic9245
    @stefanristic9245 3 місяці тому +1

    Correction ignite and any other dmg during a period of time could dmg you during duskblades invincibility riot changed it shortly after the items rework

  • @yeetussdeletuss907
    @yeetussdeletuss907 2 місяці тому

    god I miss the funny drakktarr passive, i get most people remember the invisibility( and invincibility) but I fell in love with the ability damage increase.

  • @SaarlaneKretiin
    @SaarlaneKretiin 3 місяці тому +1

    something that is rarely discussed is that HOW FUCKING UNPUNISHING it is to build lethality. 350-400 gold? recall, buy longsword/dirk/hammer. you just cannot take or be forced into a bad recall. you can just mass buy them and its just flat good, and channels into all lethality or other AD items. no thought, no uniqueness.

  • @markedfang
    @markedfang 3 місяці тому

    The "invisibility on champions that were never considered with the possibility in mind" really hit home,
    especially when the items tooltip didn't actually mention the invincibility, causing a lot of confusion amongst my friends, and to me, who wondered what the imagined counterplay was to 1 squishy dying, followed by 1.5 free seconds of dps on champions specialising in ability resets to sustain their dps.
    Duskblade was a real "gee thanks" item. Riot makes a lot of "cool things," to make a lot of "cool things" happen, usually without consideration of the people on the other side of the screen.

  • @monadoboy9639
    @monadoboy9639 3 місяці тому

    That's been the best thing this year for sure fighting people Like Yi Viego and such previously was almost impossible after they got a kill now they are way more manageable

  • @Dr.Junk.
    @Dr.Junk. 3 місяці тому

    Man I miss building the invisibly version on shaco so bad. Ad Shaco really hasn’t been the same since they removed it last April or may. I never really heard people complain about that version, they should’ve kept it tbh (I’m totally not biased)

  • @badmarch
    @badmarch 3 місяці тому

    The funniest thing is that I used to dodge Hecarim lobbies when the item gave invincibility. It's been so op that even now I consider to ALT f4 when I see the champ in enemy only to remember 3 seconds later that the Immunity is not in hecarim abilities kit.
    The likes of Hecarim and Lethality Vayne went from 10000 to 0 in just one removal of the item and vayne went back to building normal again. It's honest baffleing.

  • @chucklesxcore
    @chucklesxcore 3 місяці тому +1

    I swear, Vars speaks for all of us when it comes to our opinions on the shit riot has done with league. But he does it in a well spoken way. glad i found this channel.

  • @eduardobetancourt6677
    @eduardobetancourt6677 3 місяці тому

    The final dual blade was hilarious because it was basically an AD mage item that also for some reason still had the invulnerability passive (looking at lethality Yorick and Jayce)

  • @max-fu4jd
    @max-fu4jd 3 місяці тому

    While not being exactly balanced and being abused by other classes of champions, the 4th iteration of duskblade was my favourite, it was fun even when i died to a duskblade nasus, but then master yi had to be too damn powerful.
    But man i miss 7 sec of uninterrupted invisibility on kha'zix to screw with yi's head looking for penta

  • @karsonkammerzell6955
    @karsonkammerzell6955 3 місяці тому

    I don't know if there's much of a market for it, but I'd really love a video talking about why the reworked Black Cleaver failed to succeed. Every metric after the games I used it looked terrible and I could never understand why, because it looked like a straight up better version of it's previous self.

  • @TheEphemeralEternity
    @TheEphemeralEternity 3 місяці тому +1

    How about a video on our lord and savior ohmwrecker?
    Even if it wasn't a good item, I loved making enemies that thought they were safe under tower cower in fear and confusion.

  • @alexmercer2743
    @alexmercer2743 3 місяці тому

    The Fire Emblem music got me listening close to every word

  • @KingStratzah
    @KingStratzah 3 місяці тому

    In Smite we have something similar but no where near as volatile, Shadowdrinker. Has good stats, move speed, and good pricing. The passive basically says “gain stealth for several seconds after killing an enemy god (champion). Though stealth in Smite works in an Interesting way; If the stealthed target is delt dmg, you reveal them as a semi-stealthed target for that instance of damage (DoTs work very well to reveal the target). The item works super well in 1v1 matchups or as a bonus for characters that already have stealth. The item is no where near as powerful as yours and it’s never been meta but it’s kept in the game because it’s just fun to use.

    • @KingStratzah
      @KingStratzah 3 місяці тому

      Also, the on-hit effect your item has is wild. We have a character, Thanatos, who’s death scythe does base dmg + % hp dmg. If he could use your item it would be nuts. He already nearly one shots early and chunks late.

  • @maxomega3
    @maxomega3 3 місяці тому

    It wasn't mentioned in the video, but they (kinda)went back on invulnerability in the last version by changing it from invulnerability to deleting projectiles, which was still stupid, but at least DOTs like ignite killed again

  • @pcp3
    @pcp3 3 місяці тому +2

    conq duskblade draven will be the most enjoyable thing i have ever played in this game. will be missed by me but is the best for the health of the game bc those pentas on samira were always unfun moments

    • @ashtonshephard3852
      @ashtonshephard3852 3 місяці тому +1

      You don't miss being oneshot from nowhere in the middle of your team by a talon and then he just hops away without taking any damage because he was invis before during and after his combo?

  • @georgesummer536
    @georgesummer536 3 місяці тому

    I will never forget Hecarim with Duskblade and Manamune

  • @xarao
    @xarao 3 місяці тому +2

    when duskblade only gave you invisibility it was fine because you could still track the person and deal damage to them, after they removed it, the item became broken and overtuned, giving anyone who built it extra damage AND being INVINCIBLE(unless you were affected by a DoT), even mages who did AP damage were building it

    • @datzfatz2368
      @datzfatz2368 3 місяці тому

      it wasnt fucking "Fine", it was not as terrible as the next itteration but it was still a toxic, unblananced, unfun to play against piece of shit. The only Version of Duskblade that was somewhat ok in design was the vision denial one but even that was way overtuned statswise. Whenever Duskblade existed, it made the game worse. Garbage Item, fuck this item, good riddance. I hope it never comes back.

    • @xarao
      @xarao 3 місяці тому

      @@datzfatz2368 ehhh, i'd rather have full vision of the entire enemy team rather than not being able to see just a single enemy, if they had kept only the invisibility and removed the extra damage it gave, then i guess it would trully be "fine".

    • @datzfatz2368
      @datzfatz2368 3 місяці тому

      @@xarao nah man, giving champions invisibility is wrong and stupid. Duskblade yi Proved that more than enough. Duskblade is now exactly where it needs to be. Not existing is the only state it is truly fine in

  • @StormCancerGr
    @StormCancerGr 3 місяці тому

    The invisibility Duskblade would be fine if you lost the invisibility when attacking and if it had cd instead of activatiing on every kill. Something any assassin would appreciate for repositioning without being too op. Or at least making it an active item with short invisibilitybuff but classic 70+ cd.
    Sometimes Riot cant think of the simplest solutions being also the best one.
    To be honest Invisibility Duskblade was so fun on assassins or Kaisa , I had the most fun ever with it. I really hope Invisibility Duskblade comes back at some point , just with fairer conditions.

  • @darkstarkael
    @darkstarkael 3 місяці тому

    i hope you can talk about how different league would be if lethal tempo wasn’t a added rune the game would be more fair and balanced . and will it be a rune forever or will it be to broken to where they have to adjust it

  • @popeshogun
    @popeshogun 21 день тому

    I don't remember which version of duskblade it was, but I remember that it was so good I was building it on Evelynn. No, not AD Evelynn. On normal one, just because the item was simply good

  • @karlexion7775
    @karlexion7775 3 місяці тому

    Dusktrox my beloved how i miss you each day

  • @gaogoch4133
    @gaogoch4133 Місяць тому

    Ahh good ol days of full lethality Wukong starting tripple dorans rushing duskblade ghostblade and one shoting anything and everything!

  • @kwayke9
    @kwayke9 3 місяці тому

    Replacing invisibility withinvincibility is like Nintendo replacing bubbler's invincibility with ink armor's global one shot invincibility in Splatoon. It was miserable. Cue the 3rd game and they removed armor specials entirely AND nerfed armor as a whole to reduce all incoming damage by 100 (so taking 200 damage in a single blow kills you through it)

  • @shinreimyu
    @shinreimyu 3 місяці тому +1

    As someone who only plays aram, this item makes me hate Pyke with all my heart

  • @savvathornnmysteriam9867
    @savvathornnmysteriam9867 Місяць тому

    I loved playing zed with the original duskblade, double zed ult ftw

  • @goldenspy2238
    @goldenspy2238 3 місяці тому +1

    Wait, wasn't there an iteration of duskblade that was like a mini zed ult?
    or am I trippin?

    • @devzs5251
      @devzs5251 3 місяці тому

      Yes that was the first version. He talks about it at 1:50 but doesn't mention it was basically a zed ult

  • @Max-xp1wo
    @Max-xp1wo 3 місяці тому +1

    The invisibility of the first version would have worked if it only triggered on kill; takedowns are too consistent to be balanced on a item designed for pentakills. Honestly, takedowns have ruined the skill expression of teamfights.

  • @piece-kun4168
    @piece-kun4168 8 днів тому

    I mostly remeber duskblade giving just some flat damage on auto after beign out of vision and slow for 1 sec.
    Dunno why they felt they needed to change that.

  • @gabrielrhodes6882
    @gabrielrhodes6882 3 місяці тому

    I started playing kah'zix right before season 6 so the invisibility damage still is my favorite version because it synergizes so well with him but I'm glad it's gone now even though I did love it..... It was very toxic in a non obvious way

  • @marhaven4421
    @marhaven4421 3 місяці тому

    oh yeah i remember strobe light nasus... and illaoi.

  • @Mike-iz6li
    @Mike-iz6li 3 місяці тому

    I miss the duskblade with 1st bonus att dmg on champ :[