Talk:Essence Reaver/@comment-5268661-20140721095615

Like others have mentioned before, this item does not really fit the niche of what it does... I don't even know why it exists. I'm a Season 3 Platinum player and here is what I think:

Characters that utilize the passive tend to get it to help with mana issues. The fact is this item cost 3,400 gold and takes up a considerable amount of time to reach to (given your opponent is at your level and does not engage (You get ~ 200g per 1 minute from farming waves perfectly. This will take 17 minutes to get). The mana restore per attack isn't even that great. I played DOOM bots with an Ezreal (LW, Triforce, BT, BoRK, level 18) and used a Q, i only gained 40 mana *so technically a surplus of 6 mana. Combined with other spells (Essence Flux, Arcane Shift), this barely helps with mana restoration. IF the enemy has 200 + armor, you would gain less maybe 10 - 20 MP. The only time where you DON'T use skills is farming.... During mid/late game, its where you start grouping up with your team and push. No one has time to wait for your ass to AA minions to death, you gotta clear the waves and push to the towers (This happens in tournament plays such as LCS).

Given what I said earlier, this item has no place for mid/late game. The AD doesn't make up for its lackluster stats. For Season 4, ADC's is all about mobility. (I mean you can go on about Lucian having 500 range, but his Ulti, Q, W and E are very long range and mobile). And that is something that this item does not offer.

If I was a Riot employee, my configuration of this item would be for early/mid game INTERMEDIATE item (meaning it can go to a higher transformation). This item would require Mana Crystal + Pickaxe + Vamp scepter. End stats would be 45 AD, same passive, and 10 % Lifesteal and +200 mana and cost would be ~ 2100.

THEN I would add in another Pickaxe and shoot this item up to 80 AD, 12 % Lifesteal, + 400 mana, same passive and cost would be ~ 3200 or so.

P.S. This really looks like a early-mid game item rather than late game.