Talk:Wriggle's Lantern/@comment-9894095-20130523145518/@comment-9894095-20130523153515

Now that the technical Mumbo-Jumbo is out of the way...

I greatly like what they did with this item. The change on the passive to reduce rng was appealing, but not quite enough to warrant building this from the razor.

The increased AD and Lifesteal, even at the cost of 5 armor, that makes it more viable throughout the game.

But the change to the ward, which is subtely mentioned above by changing the wording from "Vision Ward" to "Explorer's Ward" is the dealmaker on this item. While still worth the same gp/5 wise, it's 60s duration and CD is amazing for a jungler who may need that ward sooner than the old 3 min cd would allow. The flexibility given by this change is just amazing, and with the new stats on wriggles itself, it can last you until late game where you can replace it with a heavy armor, lifesteal, or damage item instead! Even with that option, I may still choose to keep it, and it isn't as if most games last that long, so expect to see this in your winning items far more frequently.

Just a few scenarios I can think of for this item that are tantalizing would be:

- Know an enemy buff camp is coming up soon? Pop your Explorer's on it and steal it with smite or just gank them once they are worn down some! You could do this before of course, but then you would be commiting a ward on one of their buffs for 3 minutes which they may or may not pass very often, and even if they do, if it's red, you wont really know if they are ganking or just doing golems. The shorter duration/CD will allow you to place it more effectively, sooner.

- See the enemy support place a vision ward on dragon and kill your teams ward? Pop an explorer's ward on top of it and hide nearby. When the support comes to kill it, destroy them and take dragon! You could do this before of course, but the value you place on each ward when comparing the 1 min vs the 3 min ward is obvious. Even if they kill your ward, you don't care nearly as much since it will be up in less than a minute anyway as opposed to the 2+ minutes it would have been.

This change lets you use wards to bait more freely and use them to gain some short duration, but potentially gamechanging vision. I am definitely buying this now on my junglers!