Talk:Zhonya's Hourglass/@comment-89.77.85.134-20110106025312/@comment-173.85.13.208-20110106113914

Oh, and we should probably give Zhonya's active the full weight of the 150%, "recipe" increase over basic items (described in my second paragraph). In that case, the gold value of the basic stats boosts (in terms of Chain Vest and Needlessly Large Rod prices) should stay the same as we calculate out the 150% effectiveness gold value of the recipe item as a whole. If we do that active should account for far more than just 783 gold.

As such, an item that costs 3300 gold with 150% effectiveness is worth 4950 gold. The basic stat boosts on Zhonya's Hourglass are worth 2778 gold (when compared to Chain vest and Needlessly Large Rod). 4950 gold minus 2778 gold equals 2172 gold. Therefore, the active on Zhonya's Hourglass should be made to account for that 2172 gold being sacrificed if you use the same gold to effectiveness ratio of the best recipe items in the game (like Rod of Ages or Rabadon's Deathcap for instance).