With the current state in the offlane where STR heroes are mostly picked, and the current effect of Crimson Guard’s damage block scales based on strength, why is it not popular both in pubs and esports scene?
With the current state in the offlane where STR heroes are mostly picked, and the current effect of Crimson Guard’s damage block scales based on strength, why is it not popular both in pubs and esports scene?
Most of the time it is not needed. I play a lot of aura builder offlaners and if I play against physical damage I usually get greaves.
If enemy is purely physical: greaves+crimson
If fifty fifty: greaves+pipe
If mostly magical: mek+pipe into greaves
Since minority of the games include purely physical damage, it is not popular to go crimson. Even if enemy has only physical damage, there are cases where shiva+halberd or just HoT is better.
This is why crimson has such a niche case.