Talk:Athene's Unholy Grail/@comment-140.228.138.208-20120426001848

I really like the existance of this item, and the changes to Haunting Guise and Morello's Tome.

Now, honestly, mages have SEVERAL strong options for starting builds.

Early boots or dorans rings are still solid options, but

an early chalice WILL pan out into an efficient lategame item and boosts your sustain by a large amount.

an early kage's pick gives you a nice gold advantage, and can help provide supplemental gold for if you gank often, or you are getting zoned out, and it can be turned into a morello's tome for LESS gold than it takes to build a WotA, which can really help you to counter self-healing lane oponents.

An early haunting guise provides unbeatable early game offense with more magic damage in its recipe than any other item for the price, and a nifty movespeed boost to boot. I expect agressive mages to grab this item early OFTEN so they can dominate their lane (FEAR THE LEBLANC)