Talk:Mana Manipulator/@comment-4022742-20130629221108

You'd need to hold on to this item for at least 100 seconds to get a worth of mana out of it. Providing you sell it you'd need to hold onto it for 5 minutes to get the 105 gold worth of 3 Mana potions at the cost of 90 gold.

When factoring in allies, that time gets cut in half for each ally affected by the aura. Meaning in a Heavy poke lane this item breaks even and starts earning money at 2 minutes and 30 seconds of play time with the item.