Talk:Spellthief's Edge/@comment-24159118-20131112030928/@comment-24161134-20131112165601

Riot was very smart doing this.

You see, they intended for this item to be crucial for supporting but without farmers abusing it (in order to balance the gold distribution between roles). Therefore, they made the passive unfeasible for farmers to take advantage of, due to simple conditions (ex: "minion in the last 10 seconds")