User blog comment:Neverff/My Mana Regen Dilemma/@comment-24420226-20150213045232

To be honest, once my Tear is fully stacked, I rarely need to double up on more mana sustain. I've simply found that by the time my mana runs that low, it's about time for me to back anyways to heal/buy items. If I go for a Seraph+RoA build, such as on Anivia, I don't even bother with an Athenes or Morello. Which irks me a bit, because then I have a hard time fitting CDR into the build. But that's for another time.

But I don't think a Tear is worth it on every mage. If not, usually my first purchases go towards either Morello (for quick  CDR), or a Haunting Guise (sweet sweet penetration), though with HG I usually do need to pocket a few potions just in case. With how they've changed how mana regen works, the passive on Chalice feels signifacantly gimped for spam-heavy champs that used to rely on it (Ziggs and Lux, for example). Even against other AP laners, I usually don't get chalice anymore as lately now almost everyone besides the midlaner is now AD (Hello J4 jungle).