User blog comment:Derpinator Power/Rarely Played Champions/@comment-5663427-20140805222844/@comment-5663427-20140806135506

@PrimusMobileVzla

I do believe that Rit0 lately confirmed that more likely Hex Core will remain as not-a-trinket item but that might change, nothing is 100% sure yet. IMO, Hex core should remain as an item, firstly, I love to have around 45 ap at lvl 1 and trade with those weak fools and their 20 ap (without doran of course), and second, it's not that bad late game item (if you're picking Death Augment, Power and Gravity are questionable), and I don't think that stats should be the core identity of the item, but the upgrades. I pick only Death Augment but that's mostly because I love glass cannon Viktor (after Rylai change, I'm pleased even more). I do believe that there should be introduced more Augments (those Green, Orange and Purple) that would buff his ultimate. Conclusion, don't turn Hex Core into trinket, it'll most likely suck.