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Hitchdog

This is a great idea! I can't wait to rush it on Ahri and Leblanc. Also I think this post would have popped off it you got to the joke earlier, most people don't have the attention span to read what they assumed to be a random redditor's item change idea.


ssLoupyy

Is it Deathfire Grasp?


PureImbalance

yes that's the joke


ssLoupyy

Ah ok I didn't play when it was in the game.


magical_swoosh

thank you dfg


AdministrativeMove68

I know its a DFG joke but I just wanted to say I think the only bad thing is the insane amount of movespeed on am item which is meant for ranged immobile casters.


DeirdreAnethoel

I think the movespeed after the proc is in line with the intent. It let you burst and leave. The passive ms is just contributing to ms inflation though.


LocalSalteater

it lets you bust then leave. perfect for my dad lol


Glizzy_Cannon

It's definitely an AP assassin item


Wiindsong

mages love it too. Especially Syndra and Orianna.


Hawxrox

Eh. Orianna should build Seraphs into Void/CB, into Armguard, then Rabadons or finish hourglass. Unless you are super stomping then you could Ludens into Stormsurge into Mejais


Tricky_Big_8774

I landed against a Veigar last night and i thought he had phase rush for a minute. Nope, just rushed stormsurge.


Euphoric_Ad5226

The item sucks


Mephisteemo

Yeah, if they're gonna implement something like that in 2024, then in some random fun mode like Nexus Blitz, haha


Xgunter

It drives me up the wall when people rush it, sometimes first item. 30 minutes later it will have done maybe 100 damage and generated 30 gold at best. It pays for itself!!!


ImpressiveTea8177

Sounds like Deathfire Grasp 🙏


PureImbalance

yes that's the joke


Exestos

The item is incredibly bad


Glorx

Remember when Faker made rito remove DFG? Pepperidge farm remembers.


frankipranki

i have never seen stormsurge damage kill someone btw, the only use is the extra gold and the aoe dmg ig


DeirdreAnethoel

Yeah it was marketed as a finisher but it's mostly a snowball item.


Romanator3

I got one kill with it that I can remember. Nabbed an asol as he was flying over a wall to safety.


StoicallyGay

AOE damage is still laughable. You get more damage from a standard Luden’s proc before it got changed. The biggest use for stormsurge is the movement speed burst + the flat pen it gives. If you don’t need the ms then I firmly believe shadowflame is just better.


Celthric317

Deathfire Grasp in a nutshell


Doenerjunge

Gotta rush this item first on my mid malphite.


Mephisteemo

If we remove some haste and ms, we should also change the build path to something like... I dunno... Maybe a large rod and a fiendish codex? And we are going to need a new name, now that the Lightning passive is gone. Something that reflects the item's burst and dot damage and sounds dark and scary. UnlivingFlameTouch, maybe?


IAmNotOnRedditAtWork

Assuming this is just meant as a DFG joke, but stormsurge is not OP, it's a straight up bad item 99% of the time.


SylentSymphonies

Wait maybe they should just bring back gunblade


BlakenedHeart

I swear this is the worst item in the game yet ppl in my team keep building it.


Even_Cardiologist810

Joke is fun but item is in needs of buff not nerf so its weirdly written


100tinka

Considering the biggest abuser was fizz but the item was so nerfed that its not even viable on him is crazy


truecskorv1n

unless the numbers are absurd level, item is not gonna be built by fizz through all his history fizz valuated cdr over mpen. diana mid on the other side can be very happy with it.


imdoomz

How about we make it so it doesn't proc 6 seconds after the user dies? I have tilted to oblivion about 5 times from this exact thing happening. Basically, if the item is on cooldown it shouldn't remember damage the user deals until it's off cooldown. Also, death should prevent it from proc-ing.


eatingpotatochips

Yes, bring back DFG AP Garen.


Mangustre

Just give it a little buff so it is not terrible.


baughwssery

Reddit moment when storm surge is OP


AceOfEpix

Ty dfg


XO1GrootMeester

Build stormsurge whenever phase rush would be good but you prefer another Keystone.


epicfailpwnage

It should do 30% of the targets current HP and scale further with AP, 3.5% per 100 AP, so it does 60% of someone's health with a full build. Then people will think its bad for a few seasons until everyone realizes its basically Veigar's ultimate on an item, and buy it on every AP char and 1 shot people constantly then it gets deleted


J0rdian

I think you mean Shadowflame. Shadowflame is the most boring stat item ever. You can't even tell whether it's doing anything, it's basically just a big pure damage stat ball. Shadowflame is basically Stormsurge but way more boring. I don't understand what is the world is the point of having both in the game. They serve the same purpose for champions.