Talk:Will of the Ancients/@comment-5160958-20131220025933/@comment-8468980-20131230010705

"If they buy an item that mitigates, or even eliminates that limitation, then they should need to sacrifice some damage potential in return, hence the low ap stats and no upgrade possibility."

Exactly. This is why Revolver stacking, Gunblade, and WotA were all hit pretty hard during S2.

Assassins had lots of "phantom" hp stored up in their ability to regain everything back in their bursts and double AP teams could tower siege for days due to double wota.