Talk:Ninja Tabi/@comment-5667385-20121208050348/@comment-128.243.253.101-20121212015843

For the tiny upgrade cost they gave you way too much and could completely stop some autoattacking top laners from doing damage early on. The minion damage reduction being removed is because freezing lanes invites stale gameplay and nobody likes it.

Also, with the new unyielding/block masteries and Doran's Shield you can still pretty much do the above, you just can't freeze lanes as easily.