User blog comment:Deshiba/What if: Viktor/@comment-9586983-20140522213358/@comment-4022742-20140525171806

It's interesting to see how second tier upgrades would work, but they would be just as inflexible as my initial suggestion. If for instant you wanted to build with the  upgrade, you'd still miss out on the bonus mana that  provides. It seems like they want to guide you to a certain item build which fits your chosen upgrade. Just like my suggestion guided you towards a trinket that would fit a certain play style.

Wouldn't Viktor be far more interesting if you could make your own path instead of going down either form of guided path?