Talk:Thornmail/@comment-36002403-20180921130137

Its kinda sad that this item is the only way to get access to grievous wounds (GW) as a tank. On top of it you just can apply it passively when the enemy is using AA's towards you. Which makes this item completely useless if you for example face a Vladimir or just partways effective against AD casters. Another part i dislike about Thornmail is the Cold Steel passive which is unique and also get applied by Randiuns. Against a AD heavy team with crit you anyway want to get those 2 items and it just always feels so bad to invest twice in this unique passive.

It would be cool if there would be a counterpart of Thornmail which is applying GW on abilities. Or they simply change it to :"Upon being hit by a basic attack or a ability..." and remove the cold steel passive.

or: Maybe they could remove the grievous wound from the passive effect and make it an active which apllies GW to all nearby enemies in range X for X seconds.