Talk:Doran's Blade/@comment-1439531-20110311110737/@comment-3418656-20110311115003

If they did that, they would have to nerf the stats on the items quite hard.

Doran's items have the best gold to value ratio of all the items. This is balanced by the fact that they require an item slot and they do not provide any upgrades. As such, they are an early game item, designed to get an advantage over your opponents in that phase of the game. If they scaled well into the mid game, they would be overpowered.