Talk:Heimerdinger/@comment-24.146.194.181-20120512071851/@comment-5052127-20120512201930

I do acknowledge what you are saying... and actually up until about 2 weeks ago, I thought exactly the same as you, i rushed rabadons on him, got exactly the items you said (except i'd often just buy a dorans ring instead of chalice, since chalice didn't build into anything i always thought of it as situational, though it does give him a good advantage vs a lot of mids early on i will admit,. i just found it falls off later and i tend to sell it when i get another mr item... The grail will change my mind though I think.)

I JUST started trying RoA, expecting it to be horrible as I always thought like you that it would gimp his damage too much... but actually I find the build really helps, I prefer being beefier so i can turn around and destroy junglers with ease instead of having to muck around with running away and trying to nail him exactly with grenade when they are under my tower, his damage compared to the other build is really not hurt as much as you'd think, as you really are only talking about a difference of like 50 AP and even that only for a few levels (omg my rockets hit for 20 less!). I like having lots of spare mana to use on farming/resetting lane/pushing/harassing as hard as possible, and I like being able to endure poke/harass/incidental aoe from other team while i position myself and my turrets in a teamfight without having to worry about dying instantly the next hit.