User blog comment:Care Level/Itemization Holes/@comment-12314620-20130826184000/@comment-9593635-20130828011625

I think they'd be fine if they died in one or two hits and granted a relatively high amount of gold (say cost 25; 20 gold on kill); that way, relying on them heavily is straight-up giving the other team meaningful amounts of gold. This way, the gold that you're denying the jungler in kills/assists, you're somewhat making up for in another form.