User blog comment:Tridan V2/CCC2: Varion, The Warmourn/@comment-4068613-20140602003523/@comment-4068613-20140604092518

I'm not contesting that they don't have as large an effect as a full build of items does. But why does this mean you should not include them? Why not just ignore the stats from all items other than legendary-tier and above? Why not just disable the passive until you have over 100 bonus armor and magic resist? What led you to believe that just because masteries give fewer stats than a full item build, you shouldn't account for them with your abilities?

What you say about these stats are true for every champion with armor/resist scaling, but those abilities don't disregard masteries and runes. Why should this one?