Reptile responds to the reaction of his "clip against Tahm Kench"

He tweeted:

I was not ranting about Tahm. I do think that I'm quite selfaware and can play lower DPS and not tank his autos; Even though Tahm is f-ing broken [which] is not the point of the tweet (clip), [but] that (most) ADC items are f-ing trash [and] anyone who disagrees is deluded - adds: [Another] point is that I deal no [efficient] damage while being super fragile, any Tank or Bruiser is 100x more mobile and tankier while dealing more damage too [in this meta].

He explains further:

  • Infinity Edge: Need to be multi-millionaire to afford [it], this is League of Legends [and] not some drain wallet type of s3x fantasy

  • Shieldbow: No one builds this item [anymore after ranked modifier] [and] even before it was [only] 80% effective 💀 [designed for marksman specifically to not blow up immediately]

  • Galeforce: Deleted [mainly referring to the dash - not the damage - vs state of high mobility and every new champion having a dash in their kit while marksman walk with 370-390 movement speed]

  • Stormrazor: Deleted

  • Kraken: Half or less damage than old Kraken [reworked to a mediocre on-hit, but was a first purchase crit item for DPS marksman designed to scale against tanks]

  • Collector: Somehow lost 10 AD and 8 Lethality

  • LDR: No more Giant Slayer passive & -10 AD

  • BOTRK: Nerfed like 10 times

  • Essence Reaver: No Sheen [underwhelming passive now]

  • Yuntal: No one builds this shit [except Jinx since she is meta - yes, Zeri, Twitch and Sivir too, but they are absolutely non-existent]

In my opinion, Riot did it purposefully: Removing Giant Slayer (which is effective against HP stacking), reworked Cut Down to make it weaker, made IE 3.6k to delay Crit ADCs further, crippled 1st item choices, inefficient LT not increasing cap (3.0-3.5)/stacks (would be balanced on levels - let's say when you reach level 14 or so), crippled lifesteal access (overnerfed Bloodline and BT purchase is mainly last item since you need core crit build). It is all to ensure that it is League of fighters, bruisers & tanks without any counter-balance - meaning anti-tank option which is primarily marksman.

Reptile posting the math on Bork comparing it to current Kraken pertaining to the Tahm incident