User blog comment:ClariS/A Moment for Clarity/@comment-4937115-20130418010405/@comment-4937115-20130418060920

1) Average mana at lvl 4 is something like 435, but lets assume a nice and even 450. Lets also assume you reach lvl 4 by the 6 minute mark and you cast your first ability at 2 minutes.

Say you pick up the current Clarity and you use it once at level 4, it will give BOTH champs 180 mana.

The proposed Clarity can be used, lets say twice in the same time period, at lvl 2 and lvl 4, giving ONE champion 480 mana.

Mana Manipulator, in the same 4 minutes, will give 240 mana to BOTH champions.

So... How is Mana Manipulator not a decent replacement for Clarity? (Both the current and proposed versions) Also, how is "clutch" or "burst" mana regeneration any better than sustained? Especially if it frees up a summoner spell slot?

2) A lot of supports -screw it, ANY champion- can easily get 700g before their first trip back (for the philo stone). It's also not THAT hard to save up 1115g the second trip for boots + Kage's

3) I agree 100% with you here, I never said that Heal + Exhaust was the best possible combination for any support, I was merely giving an example. For example (:P) they work great on Blitzcrank. Q-E-R-Exhaust. Chain CC ftw mate. Not to mention the extra health per level is great on BLitz since they nerfed his base HP somewhat recently. But at the same time that same combination is pointless on, say, Soraka. She already has strong healing capabilities, and won't likely be close enough for Exhaust's annoyingly small range.