Thread:Lukeatlook/@comment-32613897-20170718141439/@comment-4813965-20170719210621

2 items is enough to call it a pattern. Before the shenanigans with free CDR out of nowhere on Adaptive Helm, Abyssal Mask and the new Banner of Command, there was no such a thing as "stats out of nowhere" on the Tier 3 item. Right now we have the free CDR and also the %MS on Trinity Force, which is a remnant of the Zeal component.

Basically the idea is that completion of the Tier 3 item shouldn't provide such a steep power spike. Riot said it themselvs the final items should be all about the special effect (hence identical statlines on some new item sets such as Kircheis, LW upgrades, Cowl items, and now even Duskblade).

I was also lobbying for better access to MS on items for mages, to match Zeal stacking. Riot actually did it with Luden's Echo, so that's nice. What's not nice is that I wanted more MS for immobile mages, not assassins :D