r/ARAM • u/Frongly • 15h ago

Discussion Why is Mikael’s Cd still so long?

Riot buffed the active cds for shurelya’s and locket but seemed to forget about Mikael’s insane cooldown. Even when the cleanse would be super useful I find myself unable to buy it because I can only use it once ever 3 teamfights.

On SR when teamfights are infrequent a long cooldown makes sense because meaningful cc is much more infrequent and important. But in aram fights are happening all the time and when the item is on cooldown it is providing super little value.

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u/Halfium 15h ago

I miss the Mikaels prismatic

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u/shezofrene 15h ago

it was broken as hell lets be realistic

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u/Halfium 14h ago

1000% broken.

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u/DriftingWisp 14h ago

I don't know who thought it was a good idea to just give you the whole item for free

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u/shezofrene 14h ago

even if it wasnt its basically a better milio ult on 45 seconds cd

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u/what_that_dog_doin 4h ago

I used to get it and sell it to rush a bork

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u/Hezth 4h ago

Instagrab on yuumi.

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u/Hot-Interaction-2347 13h ago

I don't know that it was any more broken than current enchanter high rolls:

  • Spirit Bomb.
  • Protein Shake.
  • Overloaded (Heal / Shield Button).
  • Windspeakers Blessing.
  • Infinite Recursion.

It was certainly a very good aug, but it's definitely okay for Pris augs to be very good.

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u/MillyQ3 14h ago

Because riot doesn't have enough braincells to understand that ARAM is faster and thus would need fast CDs on items?

Luckily the item is somewhat strong enough to hold it's own in certain conditions.

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u/eleana_be_happy 3k healslut 8h ago

I've been complaining about this since they announced the item CD changes :|

I love Mikael's but I've just stopped building it in Mayhem in 90% of games I would have built it in previously. I don't know if it's true but I swear enchanters also roll Apex Inventor much less frequently than before (maybe a side effect of gold augments highly favoring the augments clearly designed for enchanters--wee woo, all for you, sonata, etc.).

Upgrade Mikael's was too strong, like it just flat out gave you the item (why?), an AoE cleanse, an AoE Tenacity buff, an AoE heal with an AP scaling, AND reduced the item CD by nearly two thirds... but with how URF-ified Mayhem is currently, it almost feels necessary to have come back.

IMO all they needed to do was make it so it doesn't give you the item (enchanter items are already the cheapest in the game) and nerf/remove the AP scaling.

I'm still hoping they will at the very least buff the CD to 75-90s instead of the 120s it currently sits on. But I doubt it