Talk:Essence Reaver/@comment-25084037-20140620044426

I think this is a more early to mid game item that adds utility to bottom laners like Lucian or Ezreal or maybe even Corki, so they can continue to trade a little through low cooldown abilities in lane and using their autos to get back the mana needed  to continue that harass so they can have a longer time in lane. Since it restores mana off damage dealt as opposed to maximum mana, it would actually be better to build raw damage to sustain your mana costs as opposed to blue builds which means less need to build entire mana reliant items on champs like mentioned earlier, Heck maybe even Nasus so he can worrly less about saving mana for either farming or trading and just trade then sustain his farm through autos and Q's.