Talk:VPBE/@comment-35229418-20151108200058/@comment-26441222-20151108223219

Don't forget the global shutdown gold and more support gold. The best AD items were already expensive, and they were mostly nerfed, had their cost increased, or both. AP items and weaker AD items were just brought up to par with that standard. Total available AD and attack speed is lower. Last Whisper and its upgrades are nerfed relative to live LW. The new power granted to ADCs that had fallen out of favor has mostly been added to their kits, not the items (except Essence Reaver, which clearly needed the buff, and Runaan's Hurricane, which was a super niche item before).

Overall, this is just a redistribution of various power spikes, and a delay of EVERYONE'S full build. AP champions aren't getting an especially raw deal, here, despite a number of people apparently seeing it that way.