User blog comment:Khaladar/Magicite Orb/@comment-4546311-20120606004220/@comment-5159141-20120606092914

This is how it looks like in theory, but think about it a while longer. First, this is an earlygame item that has an unique passive, which means you cannot stack it like Doran's. Every given champion at this level would heal little to no damage with this item, as it returns 8% of the damage dealt as health, and ONLY on single-target spells. By the time you can really see the difference, this item becomes obsolete and is built into something else. This is also the reason Vamp Scepter has a high life-steal value - low earlygame damage.