User blog comment:Hyxaru/Rylia's needs a 'hextech-spellvamp removal' treatment/@comment-28465461-20160712071510/@comment-26378838-20160712102554

"You do realize that auto attacking marksmans can also abuse frozen mallet with runnan hurricane right? It also requires no mana to use."

And on how many marskmen is that combo a core purchase or otherwise they can't keep up? Like Hyxaru and Willbachbakal pointed out, there are champions that require to not be a glorified minion, being  the egregious example of that dependency, which doesn't happen at all with.

Not only that, but is much more of a popular pick due to the synergy with, which makes DoT champions like , ,  and  a pain in the ass to not only fight against, but to properly balance them.

"Also, 20% slow is a joke compared to zilean's and nasus' slow..."

Except you just compared two active abilities with at most 600 range that only affect one target with a finite duration vs a passive effect that can have quite the enormous range and can affect multiple targets at a permanent rate (and, in the case of and, do it with a 40% slow). Of course the former has to be more powerful than the latter or otherwise it wouldn't be worth it. Also, and  don't proc  since they don't deal damage.

"Oh and spell vamp is still not removed, its on an AD item when activated. "

Really, this again? The spell vamp proc justifies nothing, spell vamp in itemization went the way of the dodo just like dodge, get over it.