Talk:Gragas/@comment-5185966-20120823124140/@comment-4677525-20120824042752

Honestly, the nerf is clearly directed at competitive play, where his roaming was much too strong. The idea behind the nerf is to stop him from spamming it to get to other lanes faster.

During Gragas' early game, you aren't going to even use his Body Slam unless it is to escape or to go for the kill so you probably aren't going to notice the mana cost increase that much. By the time you start using it for farming or full-blown teamfights, the cost increase becomes negligible.