User blog comment:Astanas7/the Definitive Dominion Discussion Deli/@comment-8234800-20140301223726

The latest patch is quite a big one for Dominion. Not in the way of content, but the probable impact of it. Finally, they have manned up the courage to touch the be-all and end-all of starting items - Prospector's Blade and its cohort, Prospector's Ring. Especially Prospector's Blade had its power switched around so that it is now much less effective on AD caster kits and the like. I think these are some really good changes, opening up a lot of viable itemization alternatives. Prior to this, you were always simply missing out on stats if you went for anything other than the Prospector's item on start. Now, Prospector's Blade is almost more of a niche pick (for me) and Prospector's Ring simply doesn't pack the same punch as it used to.

With those changes, I'm seeing the rise of Phage, Giant's Belt and all kinds of start builds.