It is me that Im missing something or the Stab ability is just worthless now that the angel doesnt do magic damage?
It does not count as a basic attack, so it doesn't activate defensive abilities that only activate through basic attacks. (Like One with Nora and such)
What I want to know is why she was changed to physical attack in the first place. I'm honestly baffled by whoever thought that was the right idea.
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Overall, that's a stretch, though. Okay, sure, great, Stab doesn't proc Split or One with Nora, but is anyone taking Stab over Bleed or Supremacy? Why does Stab have a CD of 2 in a game where Power Attack 3 and Scythe Whirl have a CD 0? That's another question we should all be asking.
Because Stab was designed, costed and planned to be CD: 2? Ranged runes get it, it's like asking why a melee with arrowshot doesn't have arrowshot @ CD: 0. The angels were made a bit more distinct now, but I always saw them as Magical Attack units. LoL on FW angel is a significant power increase, but thematic. Changing the damage type on Paingel is just a nerf that had nothing to do with thematics but probably some QQ from council, oh well -- I get the utility, but with the damage type change it's just adding further insult to injury.
1. Arrowshot is much more powerful than Stab. It provides explosive flexibility to a rune built around melee engagement. Stab, on the other hand, is a stopgap against melee units that try to close in. It's a more defensive ability than Arrow Shot, less threatening -- and so it is less strategically valuable. 2. I was more implying that Stab could be CD: 1, using Scythe Whirl's ridiculously spammable CD simply for comparison.
