Talk:Locket of the Iron Solari/@comment-8506165-20130808194013/@comment-8506165-20131214011311

Problem is that they've nerfed both the personal tankiness aspects (it's just not gold efficient without the active if you've no teammates around) and the supporting aspects (armour and health regen removed from the Legion aura, magic resist on the aura nerfed, shield is the only thing to stay the same).

So you end up with... an item that's not good for personal tankiness... only aids your team against magic damage with its aura... Again, I guess if you really value that flat shield then it's good for its supporty aspects? As it is, I don't, and I only see the worth in picking it up if a) I'm a tanky support and I've nothing better to build or b) the enemy AP is looking really dangerous and I need to itemise against them on behalf of my squishies.

Otherwise, I don't see why everyone still builds this. Hell, I've seen people get it against full AD teams, and usually squander the active to boot! I suppose it's partly a) Old habits die hard and b) There are no longer any other defensive supporting items in the game.

Okay, people were buying it in every game and it was rather a "win-more" item. But surely they could buff either the supporting aspects or the personal tankiness aspects to make it one or the other, rather than "it's not very good at either"? Hell, nerf the other for all I care. At the moment it just seems mediocre to me except situationally. Particularly given the rise of AD midlaners, meaning a general lack of magic damage to be itemised against.