User blog comment:Myself v1.0/HP over defenses? O rly?/@comment-98.232.242.48-20130124171658

Health is definitely the new thing to get in S3. If you watch any streams at all, pretty much EVERY high elo player is doing it. I've personally been involved in many games where those who stacked health won.

I've begun stacking health regardless of my position and I can confirm that it helps a lot. Back in S2, it used to be a matter of mixing the three (armor, MR and health) but now it's just so noticeable that no one can burn you down if you have tons of health. And let's not forget how much GA changed everything - now it's a % of your maximum health!

I remember watching one game a couple weeks ago, about 2200-2300 elo, and there was a Darius top lane that began to snowball and all he did was add health. By the end, he had over 20 kills (more than any other player, next in line was 14 kills) and 2 Warmog's and a GA and he was completely unstoppable.