User blog comment:Zilverdael/Seperate itemsets and why they are good/@comment-1330314-20140617111554/@comment-1330314-20140619113320

It is disingenuous of you to pick, an item with an average 0.4% pick rate, when you could pick far more common examples such as or Mikael's. You basically picked the least used, least representative of all buff items and tried to make a general case out of it. The MR on Mikael's is itself on par with other tank items, and the mana regen it gives is the best in the game. The support item trifecta of, and  all give extremely good stat combinations at very small prices. Even underpicked utility items like Zeke's and give decent stats (Zeke's wielder benefits from the +20 AD and +10% LS aura in addition to the +250 health and +20% CDR). Sure, a lot of their power is focused into utility, but that's sort of the point of support items. If you want selfish power, you can help yourself to the 50+ other items that do so.