Talk:Hextech GLP-800/@comment-4696002-20160510144528/@comment-3003548-20160511004000

Yeah. Honestly, their reasoning in the patch notes for RoA's purpose, "The new Rod of Ages takes cues from Catalyst of Aeons: ride the efficiency of an early stat payoff (and a head start on your second item) to secure dominance over your enemies before they’ve built into more specialized item choices.", feels kind of awkward when the item's identity is tied hard to growth over time, especially now that the base stats and cost have been nerfed (goes from 97% to 156% efficiency). I can't say it doesn't work out to that end at all, but it feels muddy, like they're trying to force the item to fit somewhere instead of designing a new one.

I think they both have their niches (whether they're exactly where they say), and I like having options, so eh. To be exact, GLP has all the extra RoA mana, none of the extra health, and half the extra AP. GLP's supposed to be for scrappy CC mages, but RoA isn't? I'm not sure GLP should be having an AP ratio (or maybe trade AP for more ratio). I feel like RoA should be for more power, but then it's also cheap. It's a pretty weird situation imo.