Talk:Orb of Winter/@comment-5571637-20130701142243/@comment-24490324-20140207144942

Why would you compare a non-starting item at level 3?

At level 7 it gives a 100 point shield. At 18, 210 points. It regens every 9 seconds. Combined with the 20hp/5, it's crazy sustain. Unless you're in an absurdly aggressive game that's sending you back to the shop every 20 seconds, sustain is huge on ARAM.

Spirit Visage is almost always going to be a better first item due to the CDR, health, and increased healing, but if you're building a second MR tank item I'd take this over Banshee's pretty much every time. It's really hard to stay out of combat for 25 seconds to get the Banshee's shield back up. 9 seconds for this isn't such a problem. This is 670g cheaper, and with the shield, health regen, and 15 more MR, if you're below max health for a matter of a few seconds this will give you more effective health than the Banshee's 450 health.

If you're 6 item and elixered up, this vs a Banshee's is going to be pretty close. But a tank is almost never going to be 6 item, and IMO it's better to grab this and put the 670g to the next item than save up for Banshee's.