Talk:Rod of Ages/@comment-4748826-20140127101726

Personally I love RoA, I remember when we didnt have Athenes, and Archangels was kind of bad on most AP's, I used this item on everything lol.

But now my problem is catalyst: Why getting a Catalyst when you can get a Chalice? Chalice gives you enough MR to have an edge over your enemy on mid, Chalice gives you ethernal sustain, Chalice is cheaper... and then, RoA, the amount of AP you get from this item is pretty low if you consider how long you have to charge it. I mean, you have to charge your tear, but then you get 120 AP approx, and a shield, meanwhile RoA has no active, not enough AP and the build path is kind of expesive.

IMO: Reduce the cost of Catalyst, reduce the amount of HP and Mana, so you can get this + wards or this + tome. Then, reduce the cost of RoA a little bit to 550, reduce the mana and HP, and increase the stats of the stacks to compensate.