Talk:VPBE/@comment-24474109-20150410111026/@comment-3974211-20150411111319

Usually if the kit has CDR included it's because Riot is trying to encourage an alternate build. The issue is that there is not an alternate build. Most mana items have CDR. Mana is still Ryze's most effective scaling. With Cassiopeia I only ever run into "wasted CDR" when I'm against sustain and I'm considering a Morellonomicon - otherwise I only ever hit 40% exactly.

And this wasn't because I don't want to waste stats - this is because I can forego Athene's, Morello's and Lucidity. EDIT: Although, when writing this last sentence I realized that I actually hate CDR options for mages at the moment. -mourns the loss of Deathfire Grasp for the first time-