The Sorcerer trait represents champions who fight with magic, with the trait focusing on damage output through abilities.
Strategy[]
- There's three main categories to the Sorcerer trait:
- The first type is a majority of the trait, high damage special abilities.
Ahri, Aurelion Sol, and Karthus give high AoE damage, while Veigar gives single target burst damage. - The next two offer frontline units. With Lulu giving healing along with increased max health and Kassadin being a tanky frontline unit along with support through mana draining.
- The final two can be viewed as support for Sorcerers. Morgana is more about stunning enemies; and Twisted Fate is more about granting mana, allowing spells to cast even more rapidly.
- The first type is a majority of the trait, high damage special abilities.
- It is a good idea to have Twisted Fate centralized as much as possible so the most units get effected by his blue card.
- Assassin could be a nice trait to add to a Sorcerer team. Assassin's make their enemies want to clump together, while Sorcerers want teams to spread apart to avoid the AoE.
Items[]
- Since the synergy gives spell power, items that make the champion attack faster or charge their ability faster are appreciated. Guinsoo's Rageblade is a good item for Sorcerers. Seraph's Embrace can be an alternative for Rageblade, but this doesn't take advantage of the Sorcerer's innate.
- Luden's Echo and Rabadon's Deathcap are amazing items on most of the Sorcerers. Increasing the damage dealt with their special abilities by a lot.
- Demon along with Darkin can allow a champion to accrue mana faster. This works well because Morgana is already a Demon, along with the fact you only need 2 Demons.
Counters[]
- Thornmail and Dragon's Claw along with other defensive items are obvious choices to mitigate damage. Dragon's Claw being generally more important.
- Spread out the team, a lot of the Sorcerers have AoE special abilities, and if all allied champions are grouped up, the Sorcerers are much more efficient with their spell casts.
- A lot of the Sorcerers are relatively fragile backline units, Assassins can dispatch them quickly before they can cast spells.
- Trap Claw is an amazing item to use against them, a good portion of Sorcerers have high mana costs, so they don't cast them too often, and interrupting their first spell cast is devastating.
- Demon and Hush can help prevent them from every casting their special abilities.
- Sorcerers have a great amount of burst damage. once they start casting spells, allied unit's health will quickly deplete. This is avoidable through the use of stun via Glacial or other similar effects.
- Dragon is a natural counter to them with their synergy's high magic resistance.
- Ionic Spark on a tanky or safe unit can help punish the Sorcerers when they do cast their spells.
- Units with long range, such as those found in the Gunslinger and Ranger traits can allow units to attack freely while still being spread far apart enough to avoid the area of effect of their spells.
Trivia[]
- Ironically, Kassadin cannot utilize the innate since he does not generate mana.
Patch History[]
- V10.19 - Disabled
- Disabled due to Set 4.
- Spell power reduced to 20 / 40 / 70 (based on the number of Sorcerers) from 20 / 45 / 75.
- V10.12 - Returning
- Spell power changed to 20 / 45 / 75 (based on the number of Sorcerers) from 20 / 40 / 75 / 120.
- New Sorcerer: Viktor.
- Removed Sorcerers: Lux, Vel'Koz.
- Spell power reduced to 20 / 40 / 75 / 120 (based on the number of Sorcerers) from 20 / 45 / 80 / 125.
- Spell power changed to 20 / 45 / 80 / 125 (based on the number of Sorcerers) from 20 / 40 / 80.
- New Sorcerer: Xerath.
- V10.6 - Returning
- Bonus ability power changed to 20 / 40 / 80 (based on the number of Sorcerers) from 40 / 120 / 200.
- Removed: Sorcerers' basic attacks no longer grant twice as much mana.
- Yuumi is no longer available.
- Champions: Ahri, Annie, Lux, Syndra, Twisted Fate, Vel'Koz, Zoe.
- V9.22 - Disabled
- Disabled due to Set 2.
- Bonus ability power changed to 40 / 120 / 200 (based on the number of Sorcerers) from 40 / 100 / 175.
- Bonus ability power changed to 40 / 100 / 175 (based on the number of Sorcerers) from 40 / 100.
- Bonus ability power reduced to 40 / 100 (based on the number of Sorcerers) from 45 / 100.
- Bonus ability power increased to 45 / 100 (based on the number of Sorcerers) from 35 / 100.
- New Sorcerer: Twisted Fate.
- V9.13 - Added
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