Talk:Banner of Command/@comment-24985387-20140820025219/@comment-24915478-20140918114815

You don't always want to shove the wave with an aura you can't turn off, and it solves none of the early game issues most AP mid champs have, i.e. mana sustain. Nor does it provide any defensive stats against the enemy laner and jungler.

I can already imagine the feeding that would occur from having an item that uncontrollably shoves and offers nothing in the event of a gank or an all-in instead of athene's, an early large rod, seeker's, etc...

Won't even be able to poke out the enemy easily seeing as the item gives nothing in terms of mana.

Can't freeze vs the many popular melee mids nowadays with an autoshove item.

Basically requires that your blue buff isn't stolen and your jungler is willing to give the 2nd/3rd blue to a mid that rushes banner.

And in what world are you having trouble shoving with Viktor? That's not even an issue for most mid champs, much less Viktor.

It's an awful idea. It's even bad as a first item for champions that could use the aura for summoned pets.