Talk:Archangel's Staff/@comment-208.120.28.147-20121207222111/@comment-3974211-20121228180123

Archangel's is for people who need large mana pools - due to having high costs, or a high-cost burst. Athene's is much better for champions like Orianna who don't need a large mana pool, they just need to have enough mana - Athene's has much better mana regeneration.

Champion's like Kog'Maw, Kassadin and Ryze are really the only champions who you could argue *need* Archangel's... although I still get Athene's on Kog'Maw because my attitude is still set in season two (when Athene's legitimately was better - end of). Saying that, I actually get Manamune on Ryze.

Get Manamune or Athene's, depending on if you need a large mana pool or mana regeneration. If you don't have any single target abilities but need a large mana pool, only then consider Archangel's (so Kog'Maw, Singed and Kassadin; maybe Swain as damage-over-time currently don't trigger Manamune; although Swain and Anivia would do just as well with mana regeneration).