User blog comment:Krufix/Healing Reduction (Grievous Wounds) - Does it accomplish what it's used for?/@comment-9048637-20131004221954

The problem with has nothing to do with Grievous Wounds, it has to do with the fact that the item is just terrible, not slot efficient in the slightest. The only time you pick it up is if you're an AD champ stuck laning against, say, or  without, and even then you're probably going to swap it out for something else once laning is done and you can rely on your support or APC having  and you can get something that gives you more stats. is popular because even without the GW debuff, it gives exceptionally nice stats, being a good caster alternative to as a 20% CDR option if the Mana Font passive and MR are less important to you than MOAR AP;  is popular because that much true damage early game is, frankly, a little broken. EC, by contrast, gives absolutely terrible stats that no champion would want in their end build unless the enemy team was something like top,  in the jungle,  mid,  support and... well, okay, it doesn't really matter who the ADC is, they all buy lifesteal anyway. But you get the point.

Anyway, that aside, as as main, I can testify that Grievous Wounds is still a very nasty counter to him, which has decided too many engagements for me to count in the past. Yes, I'll still be healing for quite a bit, but because my kit revolves so heavily around that, that can still very easily not be enough. Sure, if I'm fed it won't matter, but that's how it should be; a fed champion shouldn't be guaranteed shut up by a debuff available on a summoner spell nearly everyone who's not the jungler or the ADC takes.

With that said, I'm not necessarily against this idea. It's an interesting concept, which has the potential to yield higher rewards for those using Grievous Wounds, but requires a little more effort than "hold the cursor over them and press whichever key Ignite is mapped to". Would probably kind of depend on the implementation, though. And, while it might be a nice idea, I'm far from convinced that the problem it's meant to be fixing is anywhere near large enough to warrant being a priority.