Talk:Rod of Ages/@comment-74.128.167.10-20120315005351/@comment-86.29.128.242-20120330171645

To be fair it's a noob-friendly item. it stops you dying, it lets you spam, and it gives you some damage.

However if you actually know how to play, and so you don't die often anyway, then the extra health is less useful. and you wont spam spells all day (unless you are ryze, which roa is always bad on anyway), so you wont need the mana THAT much (exceptions, swain, anivia, probably a few more).

And there's better options for AP. See: Rabadon's Deathcap.