Thread:Emptylord/@comment-6124040-20140928224732/@comment-3974211-20140930135753

It is worth something toward your build because it occupies one of your item slots. All items state the gold value of the completed item - not just the gold value of the gain stats. I'm not commenting on whether or not it's misleading, but it's no more misleading than saying you're paying 1150g for 80 AD and 20% lifesteal on The Bloodthirster. For 3000 gold Viktor has an item that grants X stats - the fact some of them are offered freely is not relevant. In fact, it would be more misleading to list 6 AP per level in the item description and only show people the value of 3 AP per level. Considering that most of the complaints about pre-rework Viktor were concerned how gold in-efficient his item was, it's more relevant to display the total value of the item.

And the reason it was missed on the old Hex Core is because I never noticed.