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So, I'm excited for the rework in the pipeline, as it's becoming a crazy luxury item for kill-happy people who've already stacked their . On otherwise squishy solo laners like (who's currently my favorite solo laner, barely ahead of Bellona and Tyr) a much more viable and dangerous teamfight presence.

So, just in case the item reworks haven't been seen on the site, here's what it looks like now:

Bloodforge

Cost: 2850
+75 Physical Power
+15% Physical Lifesteal
PASSIVE: Killing an enemy god forges a shield from their blood with health equal to 200 + 10 per Player Level for 20s. While the Blood Shield is active you gain +20% movement speed.

Now, here's the best part of this: The Assassin, specifically the basic-attack based assassin, is now a viable solo lane choice. While they were comfort picks for many players in solo lanes and counter-picks as well, the changes to Bloodforge mean that solo lane picks like Bakasura or Kali (to a lesser extent, thanks to ) or any other squishy-ish physical character is no longer quite such a single-target teamfighter the way has always been considered, but they can stay around thanks to the 400 health from a kill. For someone as squishy as a Bakasura (even a Baka who's built and ), the 400 extra health--that resets on every kill--is a real bonus.

Now, what that means for characters like and , who often suffer from a lack of survivability in teamfights, is that after they get a kill, they're able to reset and charge right back in. (In Mercury's case, the extra passive from the Blood Shield is even more power.) And while I don't think by any means that this change will spell the end of the warrior's solo lane dominance, I think that we'll see many of the more inventive solo laners (like Xaliea on PDG or last season's CycloneSpin) will definitely be experimenting with this new item.

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(105) |

I'm going to be calling Hi-rez Mad. This item just took the number 1 power spot by a long shot (highest power on an item is shifter's with 60 if you have more then 50% hp. this is 15 power more). It may be not as strong on the lifesteal part as some other items. Also assault is gonna be a pain with this item.

It's clearly meant for assassin type champions becasue they proc the passive easily. However I even see some hunters pick this up just because of the extra power. It does slow them down a bit (cause 800-1100 gold is a lot) however they can make use of the passive and it provides as much lifesteal as normally does. And well IMO the shield is stronger then having more lifeteal for 5 sec.

I even see ability based assassins pick it up for the power and shield. and well for most after they ran out of spells there basic do hurt a bit so they can make a bit use out of the lifesteal. However most assassins pick it up as 4th item or something (or at least I would)

I don't really see as a pick up for lifesteal anymore, but more for an offensive bulwark or power pick up. The lifesteal is a nice addition for AA focussed assassins. Also compared to the other lifesteal items it doesn't have a way to boost the lifesteal ( and all boost it with the passive).

It's probably not gonna solve every problem however it's gonna be a big item for assassins.

(132) |

@Devampi Idk if hunters will pick it up because they need lifesteal very early on (between 1st and 3rd item) and generally they don't want to be spending anything close to this much for an item around then. Also still has more power just for reference.

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Not on it's own tho (a.k.a. Without base mana pool but okay it has 6.5 power more the shifters.)

Like I said it's expensive. however they can also choose to switch (or another tier 2 item) later in the game.

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I could see them swapping out for some builds, but it would have to be hella late in the game for that to be worthwhile

(105) |

Never to late to change something in your build. Sometimes a small item change can be stronger then a pot

(132) |

You know you can always start a new forum topic for something like this instead of a blog :P

Anyways, I agree with your comments on it for the most part, especially regarding , I can see this being a huge boon to him late game. However, my main issue that I take with this version of is its important life steal stat. While its power and passive are both impressive, I'm not sure it's worthwhile paying a steep 2850g unless you can get something out of the lifesteal (otherwise why not just grab something like or ?). This creates a problem to a degree. Most gods benefit the most from lifesteal during the laning or jungling phase for its sustain, but it's very unlikely that any god will get this item early (as its teamfight potential is its main draw). Thus, the lifesteal comes into play only in late game teamfights. AA focused gods like , and to some extent can make use of this lifesteal, but ability based gods like , and won't see much benefit from it.

To be fair, there are more gods that can use the lifesteal late game than not, (others including , and to an extent) but it doesn't solve EVERY assassin's problems.

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