Talk:Ruby Sightstone/@comment-23312871-20140424195344/@comment-3310184-20140728012030

This item is still relatively cheap, 1600 gold for unlimited amounts of wards, also providing 400 hp; it's a fantastic early-mid game item. And in my opinion, if used correctly, is the most gold-efficient item in the game, provided you constantly ward. 1600 gold is pretty cheap, even for supports, especially with the new gold items and support masteries. Really it's perfect the way it is, I play support alot, not enough to consider myself a main but I do it enough.

The extra free slot, isn't needed. Now I am going to give an example of a full support build, for say Sona. Locket, Mikaels, Talisman, Boots 2, Ruby SS, Randuins Omen. What item would replace Ruby? Sunfire? Rod of Ages, an item that costs 2800 gold, giving health, mana and ability power, that provides no support for your ad carry whatsoever besides having an extra 40 or something heal. Sightstone being a trinket slot would completely eclipse all other trinkets, and right now all trinkets pretty much have the 'ultimate' versions of themselves, making them more powerful than their free counterparts. Where would an unlimited warding totem that allows 3 wards to be placed at once fit? Riot would need to compensate the other trinkets, "Oh might as well let the red trinket reveal every single ward and champion within a 1800 radius for 10 seconds guys, and give it a 15 second cooldown." Or "Ok make the blue trinket upgrade into a global thing, give it a 2000 area field of vision for 4 seconds and have sight on champions for an extra 10 seconds, that oughta balance the unlimited warding yellow trinket that costs 1000 g."

And another problem with the Ruby ss being a trinket slot; what are supports going to buy as survivability item? Besides the ones who use Face of the Mountain of course, ruby crystal? Lets have them hold on to that ruby crystal for 10 minutes and let them spend over 600 gold on wards alone, assuming they ward at least 8 times during the game. No that would delay them too much and not give them a reliable survability item. Plus any amount of gold over 600 for wards is extremely expensive, especially when supports are losing lane.

Must've left out alot of details, but I'm too sleepy.