Board Thread:League of Legends discussion/@comment-26236254-20170129115835/@comment-3184423-20191030014942

uh using the cheapest items for stat gold valuation is not random.

if the more expensive items were not better value, then the best move would be to keep buying the cheap one until you ran out of item slots. (see 1v1 tournaments)

hence, the more expensive the item, the better value it needs to have to be a viable strategy