Talk:VPBE/@comment-5209745-20140228152211/@comment-10428734-20140228211937

I think the Lich Bane nerf is mainly for mid lane AP Lulu. Otherwise they would probably need to nerf her. For Kayle too.

The problem with Lich Bane is that it gives burst potential to champions who are not designed for that: Kayle has very high AP scaling DPS, Lulu and Janna have extreme AP scaling utility, Alistar is a tank/initiator... However, you give them LB and they become LeBlanc (no pun intended).

I actually saw full AP Graves and Cait once in ARAM, and it freaking worked (kinda).

Lich Bane is not OP, it is imbalanced, and totally retarded. If you have just one AP ratio (read: 95% of the roster), then you can burst a squishy with LB+Rab+DFG+Void. Damn, even a full AP Irelia (actually it used to be somewhat viable and her E ratio has been nerfed because of that!) with that build could assassinate your ADC. Does that make sense?

Still, they could at least reduce the cost to compensate. Again, Lich Bane is not OP, it just scales way too much for an item. Just like SotD if that item was viable.