Thread:ClariS/@comment-98.201.177.181-20130104231418

"Gold value" is a misleading measure that doesn't belong on main wiki pages. The base scores given to each stat are arbitrary, since there isn't any guaranteed relationship between tier 1 and tier 2 items.

A working method for scoring item efficiency would be resistant to patches that alter the costs of tier 1 items while keeping tier 2 item costs constant. Imagine that tomorrow there will be a patch that halved the cost of the health crystal and giant's belt while keeping the costs for all tier 2 items the same. The "gold values" of tier 2 items would change, even though the item costs are the same! Warmog's armor would suddenly have abysmal "gold value"! People who subscribe to this kind of analysis would suddenly think ohmwrecker was a better defensive item than warmog's!

Please keep the main wiki pages clean of this kind of defective analysis. 