Since Demigod is team game and not solo, i don't find speed boost things bad. There's more movement speed reducing items than boosting ones. and then half of demigods have snare skills too.

What does that have to do with anything? The fact is that most of the time, you will only have 2 allies, so you will very often find yourself in a 1v1 type situation. Even in a teamwork situation like a 2v2  battle where you can chase down a damaged demigod. Speed reducing items? There's only 1 or 2 favor items that do so.

So what if they have snare? How do you address the fact that when you have over 20 items to choose from, 80% of people take the same item. That shows right there that something is wrong.

Why does it need to be removed? So that UB, TB, and any other demigod with snares will never loose a kill? The Swift Anklet is highly beneficial to movement speed, that's it. It's balanced, and I don't even use it that much. When someone gets away from me because their movement speed is higher, I can still grind on creeps because they're not in my lane anymore.

Um, Iggs , you do realize that the UB and TB you mentionned have the swift anklet also? UB will also benefit more from it because he has a higher base movement speed than most other demigods.

People keep disagreeing but they don't even address the fact that OVER 80% OF PEOPLE TAKE IT. If you don't address that, your opinion really isn't valid.

lots of ppl use it because lots of ppl havent tried the other favor items.  there was a good post here recently on some dude using the teleportation amulet because of a favor bug and just loving it.  hes correct, the others have their places, just try them.

And what does that matter if ppl take it? there's too many better items than that but they are just blind.

Well, to be fair, the 400HP item also includes a death-penalty reduction.

Although, yes, I'm sure we're thinking the same thing: Who wants a favor item that comes with the expectation of dying more often?

Actually no, they're not blind at all, quite the opposite. They can see the completely obvious. I myself tried taking a different item 1 time and the results were very discouraging after I missed out on 2 kills early in the game in which foes with less than 500 health were just barely able to get away because they very clearly took the anklet. Since then I have never taken anything but the anklet.

Amulet of Teleportation is far superior.

Lol I agree with this...does anyone else think the gameplay speed is waaay to slow? without the extra speed I have time to run downstairs and make a snack before my guy reaches my base to heal.

It is not "overpowered" it is just "very useful". A speed boost can be easily countered by speed reducing items. Fuck with me when I'm Regulus and I'll lay my lvl 4 mines on your ass and it won't matter if you have swift anklet or not, you're dead because you can't move.

I'd say that if it is so useful as to get picked even when it has nothing to do with how you will play your character, it's probably overpowered.

Edit: I'm not a johny come lately to this issue. I've thought it was probably too good for a couple weeks. I've used it myself, seen others use it, explored the counters to it, discussed it with other players, etc, and I still think it is too good. I think changing it to +10% would probably make it fair.

And perhaps buffing Saam'El's Cloak to "+5% move speed and Move speed cannot be reduced by more than 15%", so there is a legitimate choice between the two. If anyone took Saam-El's Cloak right now as the items stand, I'd call them a fool.

There's only two and both are only a chance on hit, meaning they are unreliable and can only be used in circumstances when you can auto attack multiple times (so, not fleeing). Worse yet, speed reduction is generally worse than a passive speed upgrade, as it's far more narrow in its uses. Swift Anklet gets you to the Healing Crystal and back faster, Poisoned Dagger does not.

Not everyone has powerful ranged slows like Regulus. And most importantly, levels 1-9 matter quite a bit.

The game isn't all about kills.  If you're going for flag caps, amulet of teleportation is better.  Also, some of the favour items that boost damage are pretty nice too.  Since it's a team game, as long as one of your guys can slow the enemy down, you can concentrate on dps.

Back when my favour was messed up and I had 4 billion favour, I tried all sorts of teh different higher level favour items.  I wouldn't necessarily say they're all totally balanced, but to claim that the swift anklet dominates all is incorrect.

Another point I'd like to mention - the game isn't all about chasing down demigods.  Often times in team squirmishes, there's little time to run - or you can't.  During these occasions, having faster movement does nothing.