Talk:Wriggle's Lantern/@comment-4022742-20121106001240/@comment-199.242.209.92-20121108184512

But you could have bought Philosopher's Stone and Heart of Gold for 50g more and had 10g/10 instead of 4.2g/10 (which is assuming you drop the ward every 3 minutes).

Philo and HoG also build into great team items late game, negating their combined 800g "loss" for selling.

I'm not saying Lantern isn't great, but it's great for reasons other than buying wards efficiently. It gives you armor, damage and lifesteal, which helps tremendously for in-lane trades; Philo and HoG give you anti-burst (flat hp) and sustain (regen). All depends on how you want to play your lane (or jungle).