Talk:Relic Shield/@comment-15667791-20131124221120/@comment-5359294-20140315064134

The point of having 3 items for supports is to give a good balance of risk to reward...

Coin is the easiest, since you have to do nothing but stay nearby and get free gold.

Edge is a little more difficult, as you must damage either an enemy champion or a structure, this puts you in moderate danger, though you can do this anytime...

Shield is the hardest one (in theory) to really make the most of, since you must actually kill a minion to benefit from it (and with the low AD of supports, that can be rather difficult at times) Especially if making the BEST use of it (on cannon minions) since they KNOW you will be gunning for a specific target, and will liklely time their pressure to make this extra difficult.

Personally, I think both Coin and Shield are VERY nicely placed, and that EDGE needs a little work. The active is just kind of lackluster... Either giving it a minor rework, or having it use Tribute charges as opposed to a flat cooldown, would make it much more viable. (note: The active damage would have to be set to not trigger the passive)