Board Thread:Wiki discussions and announcements/@comment-1990160-20140521040036/@comment-1330314-20140523012617

Actually, what the comparison between and  is telling you is that, if Rabadon had no passive and just gave 156 AP, then you'd be able to get the same amount of AP with a little under two Large Rods for less gold. The thing is, Deathcap is usually never bought by itself: its strength lies in increasing the AP of other items, and therefore the items' gold value. The same goes for and : if you just want health and magic resist, you'd be better off stacking Cowls. The advantage Veil gives is through its spell shield, which although situational tends to be extremely powerful.

It's funny to see people argue against gold efficiency based on disbelief alone, when the arguments they're using just confirm the usefulness of gold efficiency in the first place.

I guess the tally's 8 to 13 now.