User blog comment:Mineko Charat Lucky/I propose that Flash should really be reworked/@comment-4636093-20130809113300/@comment-5791947-20130810042115

Yes, there's no harm in Volibear/Singed/Nasus taking Flash, there is however, a huge advantage for champions that have extra gap closers and those that don't.

Part of the reason why less-tankier no-gapcloser mage/marksman champions like, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and  aren't played a lot is because they have lack of gap-closers compared to other mage/marksman champions, no one can deny they are much less played than champions like , , , , , , , , ,  and. I won't consider supports, as good teams do not focus them unless it's safe to do so.

Let's face it, most top-tier champions have gap-closers, and for those who don't have stupidly powerful damage ( or ridiculous mechanics to back up their lack of gapclosers. Riot is definitely balancing the game around Flash, those who don't have gapclosers have higher overall damage or much better utility.

You have basically forgotten about the penalty this item imposes on spam-happy champions. Champs previously said above will benefit only from the first usage (at a hefty sum), and in the end the boots will hardly ever be off cooldown after their first use. Meanwhile, champions with no gapclosers benefit from both ghost and flash. While they can still have flash boots if they like, in the end the boots will just be a plain speed-2 boots that does nothing to them in the long run and will only have ghost, whereas other champions who don't have gap-closers will benefit from both flash and ghost.