Talk:Athene's Unholy Grail/@comment-12727893-20140731134751/@comment-5955640-20140731165559

I don't understand why you have a problem with this item.

One: Some people don't mindlessly spam their spells they just cast often. Orianna is an example. She has to Q for every other spell other than shield so just using her spells in the manner she requires means she needs an item like this. Same goes for Sona and a few other champs. Some mages just cast lots of spells because their effectivness is tied to rapid spell casting.

Two: People really buy this item for health regen AND cooldown reduction. When this item is rushed the mage actually has less damage but more spamability which is a trade off.

Three: The magic resistance is terrible. It has 25 magic resistance to add to you. Being a mage you only have 30 which doesn't scale on but a few champs mages like Galio. So what? They have 55 magic resistance? You can get 9.7 magic pen in runes alone. Sorcerer's shoes are 15 and Void Staff is 35%. The Magic resistance on the item is worthless and falls off entirely by late game.

At some point the item only pays for itself in mana regen and many mages already have built in mana sustain so this item is mostly a wasted purchase under most circumstances but for champs who don't have mana sustain it's a must buy.