Talk:Athene's Unholy Grail/@comment-5045559-20120524043634

This item is just good, not OP, and here is why:

-80 AP is a minimum for late game. Cost-wise, 1 AD = 1.8 AP approximately (compare Long Sword <-> Amp Tome), and lategame AD items like IE or BT give on average 80 AD in one slot. 80 AP in one slot is weak in comparison (also nearly same cost as BT and no spellvamp for comparable sustain). Only Rabaddon's and Archangel's (Zhonyas only give 100, compare BT) can be called strong AP items, AUG is just average AP and other useful stats.

-Compare with MoM, which is pretty much the AD counterpart. Exact same MR, AUG has 2 mana passives (mana is cheapest because least useful stat in LoL) while MoM has 1 defensive passive and 1 offensive passive that synergize with each other. Overall MoM is slightly better, but it costs slightly more too, looks balanced to me.

-Morello is basically the same thing without the MR and aman passives, is way cheaper, and has ignite heal reduc.