Talk:Blackfire Torch/@comment-177.32.29.127-20121030071023/@comment-5490997-20121031145123

So just because the OP doesn't play champs that scale of off mana he thinks it's useless... Flat mana isn't that much less effective than regen, in fact they're almost equal in effectiveness. With flat mana however you need to save it for when you need it, which isn't hard though.

Also with mana hungry champs like Swain and Anivia you need both regen and a big pool because you can never have enough regen on them to sustain those ults. They need a big pool so they can use their spells and regen to fill it back up afterwards. Of course champs like Blitz, Singed and Ryze also like mana more than regen, but again benefit from both (at least Blitz's shield scales from how much mana he currently has, so he needs to have as much mana as possible all the time).