In just a single exchange, Nilah and Braum dumped nearly all their abilities onto Vi, while she also stacked a full eight Conqueror stacks.
Yes, eight stacks!
Urgot, who also had 350 range, counted as a ranged hero. Yet Nilah, whose range only became 350 after landing Q and had originally been designed as an AD carry, somehow turned out to be a damn melee champion upon release. She was even placed in the assassin section of champion select, enjoying the buff of gaining two Conqueror stacks from a single basic attack.
Thresh fell silent at the sight. Urgot wept at the sight. Rakan tore off his support label on the spot, all because they were ranged heroes.
A lot of people did not understand what eight Conqueror stacks in one exchange meant.
Each Conqueror stack granted an average of 2 to 4.5 adaptive force. Even at the minimum of 2 adaptive force per stack, it was practically like instantly having nearly two extra Long Swords in the Equipment Slot. And because Nilah's E skill could store up to two charges, using the second E directly gave her 20 extra Attack Damage.
What did 20 Attack Damage mean at Level 3?
Put it this way: back in S3, top laners often bought Big Red Potion at Level 1. It gave 200 HP and 10 Attack Damage, and that alone could easily help top lane secure First Blood. Now, 20 Attack Damage in the early game was unquestionably even more terrifying.
Inspired panicked immediately.
He had not even done anything yet. He had still been thinking it was three versus two on their side, that even if you scattered rice across the keyboard and let chickens peck at it, they should have been chasing the enemy down. But now?
He had