Talk:Spirit Stone/@comment-99.112.125.119-20121117110123

not so subtly for all those junglers who rush a philo stone.

NOW they can instead spend that money on a philo stone that makes them clear faster in exchange for gp10! Unfortunately, even with the ambient gold buff taken into account, farming the s3 jungle isn't really more rewarding than s2 where the camps are easier and you have philo stone giving you 30 gold per minute.

Another problem is that upgrading hunter's machete into this actually makes clearing harder for many junglers early on because you lose the 10 true damage on hit, which is much more valuable than an extra 5% damage until you get some levels or more items.

At least it builds into useful items, and doesn't need to be sold off later like a philo stone, or built into shurelias.