The Ohmwrecker was the best item in the game, and I'm totally not biased or anything. ;)

A famous german guy called "Hand of Blood" played Master Yi mid with Ohmwrecker and was insanly good.

Adaptive Helm made some matchups survivable for tanks. Incredibly useful when you needed it. Now there is just a hole you cant fill anymore

i will miss zz'rot forever for yorick, rest in peace old friend

Big F to the anti-Teemo/Cassiopeia helmet

Honestly Sanguine blade could be better to work around no allies, rather than no enemies, and would be a really good item.

I remember rushing banner of command, zz'rot and ohmwrecker on yorick and just laugh my ass when the enemy just starts complaining how broken he is.

I miss Zz'rot portal, it was so fun watching them just beat up towers

me staring at frozen mallet: you have been forgotten my friend

Ohmwrecker - “Trick2gs” Item

"why no one plays" attracts mainly people who at least little like the mentioned champion, this Item-related series is bound to have more views, since it's related to the game as whole

I miss twin shadows so much :c

**2 burn items introduced** **removes Adaptive Helm** Riot: Hue hue hue

you'll never know how frustrating it was to chase an udyr with zzrot & ohmwrecker back in season 6

Darn I forgot that channel existed time to go on a binge watch.

Three Houses Abyss music in a video about forgotten things. Very clever

Abyssal mask is a great support item for hard engage supports, mixing it with Zeke's allows for your stagnant damage to be improved enough to feel less like you fell off as Rell or Leona

I really miss adaptive helm for some reason. I understand why it had to go but it still kinda hurts. Edit: You know what, after seeing a reply it made me realize “yeah now thinking about it mages DO to eat more damage than last season.” So yeah, why is adaptive helm gone, that was unironically my third favorite item to build on my main man Shen. And while we’re it, why’d they get rid of gunblade?? I mean I guess not very many champions built it but like... IT’S A GUN, THAT’S ALSO A SWORD. HOW DO YOU GET ANYMORE COOLER THAN THAT.

5:03 never thought i'd hear vars say that 😳

I miss the old Abyssal Mask. I loved it on tanks because of the Sunfire synergy and it was a pretty good niche purchase on Kassadin too

I want the mana back on abysal mask and the catalyst passive, because it was really nice on tanks when you actually wanted to fight a lot in the lane

I miss the old Death’s Dance personally, though I understand why it had to be removed Also I think Abyssal Mask would be good today if it still gave mana. That wasn’t too relevant in season 10 but now there are very few items in the game that do so, so it would fill that niche

I started whatching you when you still did rotmg videos and i am really happy to see league is working out for you :D. Btw the best series i have ever whatched was rotmg noob to pro series.

i miss rod of ages so much, it was GREAT on chogath considering he needs ap and health, (mana nice too) and he already takes a bit to scale up anyway

Sanguine Blade was one of Lucian's highest winrate first items for like the second half of season 10. Sucks now though, because the meta is constant skirmishes from before you even get Sanguine.

RIP items i loved to use: Hunter's potion (you could farm so much without having to back) ZZ'rot Portal (allowed tanks to splitpush and was really fun with singed) Ohmwrecker (free towerdives baby) Spear of Shojin (this was busted with renekton and made his 2 item powerspike sooo strong) Frozen Mallet (i know the permaslow was toxic but it was a lot of fun with gnar and nasus) Enchantment: Bloodrazor (on rammus it was lot's of fun) Liandry's Torment (as a rumble main i just want this back the most out of everything else, with it removed rumble lost his core items and all of the mythics are really bad on him) GLP: really fun with skillshot-reliant mages like xerath or vel i still miss them

I miss the Zz'Rot Portal and the Banner of Command so much. They were so much fun . RIP my sweet angels

I used to buy Ohmwrecker almost every game on singed. Also zz'rot portal. I miss them both so much :(

Only recently started playing so all I've ever known were season 11 items, but as an akali main I've heard all about the almighty Hextech Gunblade. The incredible stats, gorgeous sustain, insane burst potential. To me it sounded like some sort of myth, the kinda thing you hear in folktales. Turns out in Wild Rift it still exists, and after using it, I can now feel the pain akali mains felt after losing it.

The issue with sanguine is actually the lethality. Lethality provides much more damage to squishy targets than to tanks (which is why assassins love lethality). However, if you are split pushing the person they send to defend is usually not the squishies, it's the tank or the bruiser. Sanguine blade feels like a hybrid between an assassin and a split pushing item, and riot needs to decide which it is. I think it would be interesting if it gave move speed instead of lethality, so you can escape from people collapsing on your split push, but idk

Old abyssal mask was good and very good for the mana problems on Maokai. I really miss it.

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Finally a video on this item

I bought Ohmwrecher religiously on Bard's release, back when no one knew what to do with his build and *literally everything* worked on him. Used to buy Zz'rot portal on him too, with Banner. Big ol' wave enhancement on one side of the map strat, while running back over with chimes to get back speedily to the teamfights...with Ohm still, lol

Twin Shadows too, I used to main Ahri on Twin shadows and Hextech something I forgot

I miss adaptive helm, poison and burn is too annoying, thank god they kept maw of the malwhatever it's so good I buy it soo much I dont buy it

Oh good choice on using the music "The Forgotten" from Fire Emblem Three Houses.

The rain man had an interesting strategy of building raptors cloak and spectres cowl, reason being that both items had a very high hp regen stat, but also that spectres cowl basically gave you a free second wind, letting him take very aggressive trades, back off and out sustain almost any opponent while having item components he would finish later.

11:14 describing abyssal mask this way makes it seem like the s11 passive was how it always was. It used to be an aura where nearby enemies took 15% increased magic damage, making it a good item on any AP tank. It was malphite's second item since a majority of his damage is AP.

For Abyssal Mask, I've always thought it would be a cool idea if, Instead of just making enemies take more damage, it would lower their armor and magic resist scaling with your own. So the more armor you have, the more armor you remove from the enemy and the same for magic resistance. That would keep it a tank item, while also letting it scale better so it's a stronger item later in the game. Maybe make it steal the resistances instead of simply reduce them but that sounds a bit too overpowered so I don't think so.

I miss Ohmwrecker I loved to build it on Shaco for the MS and tankyness; the active was really good too!!

i think something they could do to abyssal is make it easier to proc because thats why ornn is so good with it, he has so many ways to apply the affects where tanks like malphite only have R

I remember playing Nasus Mindset Mundo, building every raptor cloak item and just staying up top while still doing decent damage with titanic hydra

Hi, Vars! I play Wild rift, and i like LoL history. I was very surprised to learn, that Wild rift items differ from their PC counterparts. For example Abyssal mask: in WR it gives health, magic resistance, some ability haste, and 2 passives - 1 making enemies around you take more magic damage, and one giving you hp regen based on mana used, and mana regen based on damage taken. All this is perfect for tanks, especially ones that deal magic damage, and ones that have high mana consumption. It can't judge it's popularity, but i think it's a bit better than the PC equivalent. P. S. I really like your videos, and your soothing voice. Keep up the good work, bro!

i miss zephyr the most, there's not enought tenacity items

Whenever i see a removed/forgotten items video, Eleisa's miracle always comes to mind. When i first started i bought it on everyone. Whether they had mana or not

I’m Ornn main and I really miss adaptive helm because it dealt with some of Ornn’s counters. And I think pre s11 abyssal mask was way better than it is now because of the old passive that gave mana when taking damage, and generally giving more stats.

I believe an intresting way to fix it would be to give it an active where you could for a period of time have the buffed version against one person, it would be sort of like an exhaust.

As a Bard player, chaining tower disables with ulti and ohmwrecker was GLORIOUS for diving

love the three houses bgm theme 😌

Amazing video as always but I really wanted to hear your thoughts on the new mythic items. Especially on the fact that tank supports have only 1 mythic and 2 legendary items to build and the fact that 80% of the tanks build Sunfire.

bro this video currently has more views than the latest SRO video, keep it up

We need statikk back. there was no reason that item needed to be removed

0:54 Kelens Dagger of Escape lol, an actual Warcraft 3 item in the top left there In my custom map, a Sanguine Blade-esque item exists. It's conditionality is that you gain Physical Vamp against targets with more %Current Life than you.

I see a Zephyr, that item was so good in s4 to 6 when you needed At Speed and MR

Maybe they could help abyssal if they made it so that you take reduced damage for a couple of seconds from the targets you immobilized which would also make it better if tanks were in 1v1 or 2v2 Situations were you dont have the damage to instantly burst them down

Never ever did I feel the need for adaptive helmet more than now against champions with Liandry's+Demonic Embrace.

Ohmwrecker was one of the most OP and underutilized item of the game, and was a free dive card for engage champs especially supports. Secret pick noone knew what it did and it just caught them off guard. It was so good to play as support when that item was in the game.

Nice use of the Monastary's Underground theme for this video.

Back in season 8 and 9 I used Ohmwrecker on Warwick Jungle and it was one of the most fun builds I ran It was far from meta but it was super fun diving people using Warwick solo with Ohmwrecker in the early game

I miss the aura items from like S3-4. Mana manipulator, the stupid health regen thing, and most importantly the old Aegis. Also that heart crystal thing you could get from philly stone, and it would turn into a passive if you level up 3 times or something with it. I loved that thing and got it every game as support

See I loved old abysal mask. Catalyst in general was an underrated item.

So admittedly, I never play ranked, so my skill level might have something to do with this, but I’ve found huge success building abyssal mask on tank thresh. The extra MR on force is nice, but the ability to very consistently amp the damage of your team is very nice.

I am a trynd one trick and I know it was never meta but i absolutely loved building Ohmwrecker, Zzrot, Warmogs, BORK, spirit/frozen mallet/titanic with either zerks or mercs depending on the amount of cc they had with ghost ignite. It was super broken in my opinion because you could dive, slow, and extend his ult with ohm wrecker and that final Q then back to full with Warmogs.

To make Sanguine Blade more popular they could give it an active that gives the user its 1v1 passive even if they're not alone for X amount of seconds, but lose the 1v1 passive if the active is on cooldown. That way it still retains its splitpush niche, but it can be used in teamfights if you need to group, or if 2 people answer your splitpush. Alternatively, the passive could be changed that it only sees if you are isolated from your team and ignores enemies. That way if people answer your splitpush, or a laneswap happens you retain the Sanguine Blade passive because you are alone vs 2+ people.

I always bought this item as a tank supp whenever the enemy team was so far behind that the only thing they could hide behind was the last 2 nexus turrets and it was fun to see them not expecting the item. Well, it;s not that they wouldn't die either way if they were so far behind though, and now it's awesome that Voli can do it by himself

I used to build ohm as a first item on Alistar. Pair ohm with his ult and now you have a support who can facilitate dives for around 7 seconds

Abyssal Mask should have an unique passive called "Nulled by the Void", it gives you a shield that allows you to ignore 1 hard crowd control effect with a cooldown that resets if you take damage, similar to the other 2 items that give some form of shield that effects abilities. And for Sanguine Blade, an unique passive called "Revel in Bloodshed" where when there are enemies that got recently hurt nearby you, you get extra attack damage and lethality. It would make it actually usable in team fights.

Imo it would be pretty good if Riot added some old items back. Yes I know, some were pretty strong (Deathfire grasp/Shojin) ,but seriously in this season that wouldn't be problem. S11 have so much crazy items (Kraken slayer, Chemtank, Navori quickblades etc.) that these old items would fit perfectly. I personally miss Z'zrot on Darius or Deathfire on Veigar.

A thousand Sion mains cried in anguish when Riot removed ZZ'rot RIP portal, you shall be forever missed.

Just sayin ive been enjoying your vids lately they truly are relaxing to watch And also I believe if ohmwrecker wasnt a basically weak tank item it wouldve actually had more people using it Like imagine if it was an ad item for assasins It probably wouldve been broken then Nonetheless RIP zzPortal and ohmwrecker youll forever live on in my heart

ohmwreaker used to be my first item on sona that surprised dive with a green power cord would destroy hopes and dreams of an adc very fast

i actually loved adaptative helm, as a situational item more than anything else, i loved those top matchups were teemo or singed was on the other side and i simply bought it and never fear the possibility of them killing me again although, more as a main item, i liked zz´rot a ton, i used it as the last item for tryndamere, as it gave good enough resistances while giving movement speed on turrets and more split pushing power, it was not the best for fighting, but the moment they stop paying attention to you, their tower started to fell apart

I think it would be cool to have abysal mask have an active that duplicates the "mask" and you either can give it to a teammate or opponent. If given to a teammate it's a shield and stats if given to an opponent it is a grevious wounds and Stat debuff.

sanguine blade was probably my favourite item when it was still in since i mained kalista then

I would add to the sanguine blade different bonus stats based on how many enemy champions are near you. More damage when you're alone and more survivability when in teamfights.

vars, have you considered making a video on new champion ideas? you seem to be quite knowledgeable so that would fit well with the rest of your videos

What i'd do for adaptive helm is make it a bruiser/tank item that only gives tenacity HP and a little bit of mana, about 150 or 200, with the exchange that every time you take dmamge from all sources it'll get lowered for up to 40% magic damage and 25% for physical, either that or do a readjustment to transform adaptive into a MR thorn mail that applies grievous wounds to mages. For abyssal it's easy: just revert it to what it used to be, crysis averted.

My idea for Sanguine Blade is as follows: New Passive: Damaging an enemy champion grants you 4 lethality and 10-40% bonus attack speed based on level for 3 seconds. Damaging isolated targets doubles this passive bonus and grants 3% bonus omnivamp in addition. The idea behind this change is to make the item more useful in all situations while still encouraging solo fights like this item was designed for.

For Sanguine I'd add a clause to help it out a bit and see if it's alright. 'While near two visible enemy champions instead gain 4 lethality and 10% − 40% (based on level) bonus attack speed' You can now sorta use it outside 1v1's, it's still not going to help in a team fight, has some counter and might not be weak as shit if you buy it and the enemy jungler takes that as an invite to live in top lane. It still wouldn't be made for everyone but it's still a strong early item and might help enable split pusher from a macro prospective as you can draw that much more pressure if you're pulling it off. It still might not be enough but could make it more niche, likely more of a solo q pug stomp item and I'm not sure how fun that'd be to play against.

I think that abyssal is actually pretty good rn on the champs that can keep uptime on it but if you want to increase popularity making it so enemies you slow also take 5-10% bonus damage would make it viable in a lot of champs especially supports.

I've bought it a few times, I was like a volibear ult but just that I could do more instead of leap

I will forever miss my Ohmwrecker Leona diving everyone all game long

i loved ohmwrecker having it bought as master yi on midlane it was a nice way to tower dive

All the forgotten items on this list i used to the best of my ability

I think a really simple fix for sanguine blade could be to change its passive stat boost from triggering with a single enemy nearby, to making it trigger when you have no teammates nearby. If gives you more control and peace of mind when the passive will or wont be active and reliable. Yet still fits into this playstyle of split pushing or looking for dangerous solo plays. And still has clear counter play in that the person using it MUST be alone and therefore must be leaving their team vulnerable to 5v4 situations. The split pusher gets their special item, and everyone would have a clear idea of what that item does and what it means. It would be much better than people trying to use it to split push now, then 2 enemies show up and suddenly youve lost your items power. Currently Sanguine blade almost punishes you for split pushing and rewards deathballing with a pick playstyle. Using a blitzcrank or whatever to isolate a single enemy.

if they change sanguine blade so the passive works then there is only 1 enemy, OR no other allies, i think it would be alot better. The main issue i have with the item is if two enemies go to counter your splitpush you cant do anything because the item is deactivated. This would also require a change on the stats to make it lower so it isnt mega busted when you walk into 5 by yourself but it might work

I really want the old Abyssal Mask with the increase magic damage taken aura. I never used to build it but now I have to remind myself it doesn't work like that anymore on a near weekly basis. I also hella miss Banner and Zz'rot; TankerDonger, you will be missed.

As a Garen main, when I was against Cassiopeia, Teemo or Heimer, I didn't forget Adaptive Helm. But in order to buy that item, I had to deal with one of those champions who are played by a niche base of players (bar Teemo) so the item by itself was very niche.

I remeber when the effects stacked, i would go trinity, ninja tabies and 2 zephyrs on old irelia. That would make you have permament 470 movespeed while being almost immune to cc :D

I think that to sanguine, the passive could be: if you have more allies than enemies close to you than you get your bonus attack speed Or something like that

Sanguine Blade's passive could be changed into making it so the bonus is lost when close to 2+ allied champions instead of 2+ enemy champions. It stays true to its identity as a duel tool, since the bonus stats aren't that relevant when you are Xv1 you are almost certain to kill your opponent or at least make him flee, and become a much better tool for assassins and flankers since it allows them to kill better an ennemy trying to stay hidden inside their team while your own team is not present.

I built Ohmwrecker on jungle Maokai back in S4 when it was an AP item. I usually rushed it right after purchasing Spirit Stone (back when Quill Coat wasn't a thing and Spirit of the Ancient Golem did pretty much nothing for a jungler), it was a cheap item (2000G, same as the jungle items) which gave Maokai both AP (better clears are always appreciated, especially without a jungle item) and HP (we're talking about a tank after all), but most importantly, an active which synergised excellently with Maokai's ganks. Back then, Twisted Advance (W) had a longer range and iirc a slower animation, which lead to Maokai often finding himself under tower (particularly so if the targeted champion flashed under their tower), so you can probably infer how an item which effectively disables towers for 2.5 seconds would be of great help for the tree. I've never been a good LoL player, nor do I claim this to be the optimal build for jungle Maokai at the time, but I theorycrafted this early game build myself and I've always thought it was very cool. Pre-rework Ohmwrecker aside, I was one of the many players who jumped on the Trick2g Ohmwrecker Udyr bandwagon when that was a thing. Other than that, I built it on Rammus (usually as my second item, third at the latest) because it allowed me to better chase enemy champions near their towers with Powerball (Q), allowing for more lane gank opportunities and situationally improved siege potential, since Tremors (R) deals damage to towers. Again, there might have very well been better build paths for Rammus but I've always been fond of this kind of synergies.

Tbh i have a few ideas but idk if they are any good. For abyssal, maybe making it like gargoyles and giving it dual resistances or making3% of the damage after you immobilize them true damage or something like that. For sanguine, you could just bunker down on the 1v1 or 1v2 idea and make it give no stats unless you are around 0-2 players and then make it for splitters through atk speed and vamp.

I loved Adaptive Helm and I still frequently buy Abyssal Mask. Tanks like Naut and Leo abuse that extra damage for the team easily

Honestly, Sanguine Blade should have it's passive be determined by the number of enemy champions nearby rather than if there is more than 1. The passive amounts would decrease the more enemy opponents are nearby, thus letting it have some upkeep at all times while still letting it's main purpose of splitpushing still be utilized.

I miss the version of Rageblade that gave you the stacking attackspeed, it was my favourite item to buy on Xin Zhao. Another item i miss, not really for the stats but for the appearance, is the Unholy Grail.

I bought that item on Nasus all the time some times on Darius but I never really played darius and I also got it on alister all the time.

i used to buy this all the time on rammus for crazy dives

R.I.P. ROA one of my favourite items. SivHD, your 6 ROA le Blanc will be remembered.. :'(