Talk:V1.0.0.107/@comment-3165723-20101216135244/@comment-3140213-20101220144122

I used to take this item before, for Soraka. It actually saved me from ganks more than a few times. But it's best used in team fights, either of two ways : to retreat or to chase. The problem is that - as you're pointing it out - people are not used to see it, and hardly see they are buffed when you use it, then if they notice their speed semetimes even stop in their tracks trying to understand why they run so fast. Once I saw a rolling Rammus reach orbit escape velocity - he was so surprised that he lost control and directly rammed into a tower. Now, the speed increase lasts 3 seconds. This is good. It gives players 1 second to react and then they still have 2 seconds to exploit the buff. Clearly, this doubles the efficiency of this item in pick-up teams.