Talk:Spirit Visage/@comment-4068613-20140606081913/@comment-5211662-20140813031410

I've found Spirit Visage to be a good, but situtional option, as a magic resistance item, if the champ you are using has no build-in sustain, in one situation: You are dealing with an enemy champion that has sustained damage and low cooldowns (ex: Vladimir and Ryze). They generally have good sustain and their spells have low cooldowns, which means that Spirit Visage will help a lot more than Banshee's Veil.

Because of the low cooldowns, these champions can easily break Banshee's Veil passive. While Spirit Visage's passive will not give a lot of sustain, it will boost the health regeneration, making laning against these champions a little easier. The cooldown reduction will also help when it comes to trading with them.