Talk:Athene's Unholy Grail/@comment-64.113.185.196-20130314144116/@comment-4937115-20130504005237

Did you consider costs? Don't think you did.

Negating costs, its as you said. Abbysal is a support-tank item, like Frozen Heart or Aegis. Whatever extra damage you get from the higher AP and magic shred is small compared to the fact that you can free-cast your spells endlessly (and faster).