New split-push item Hullbreaker is not as overpowered as you think
Top lane is an island. It’s always an island.
League of Legendspatch 11.13 introduces two new items, Anathema’s Chains and Hullbreaker.
An item that’s designed specifically for side laners, Riot Games’ intention is to empower split pushers to help them “take down towers and whoever comes to stop them”.
Hullbreaker functions “similar to how the old Banner of Command worked”, wrote Riot, with the exception being that the champion needs to stick with their minion wave to keep its effects going.
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A legendary item, the key thing to note is that Hullbreaker doesn’t include any Ability Haste, though it does give decent Attack Damage and health regeneration.
Also note that in order for its passive effect to kick in, there can be no allied champions nearby. It’s a solitary item, which doesn’t benefit you when ganks happen, or if you play a top laner that teleports down to help the team around objectives, which the current meta favors.
When should you buy Hullbreaker?
T1 content creator and analystNick “LS” De Cesare compared Hullbreakerwith Mythic bruiser items like Frostfire Gauntlet and Turbo Chemtank. It actually gives roughly the same amount of Attack Damage, more HP, base health regen, and practically the same resistances with only one tradeoff — Ability Haste.
Still, while Hullbreaker has pretty solid stats that are comparable to a Mythic item, LS doesn’t believe you can rush this legendary item as your first buy unless you’re way ahead of your opposing laner.
LS further broke down the limitations of this item in the context of recent changes. InLeague of Legends patch 11.11, Riot Games buffed Warmorg’s Armor significantly, changing its minimum health requirement from 3,000 to 1,100 bonus health.
When tanks get this, it neutralizes that pushing power of Hullbreaker because bruisers now have an even harder time wearing them down.
Read the fullLeague of Legends patch 11.13 noteshere.
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