User blog comment:Kenetron/Creative Thinking/@comment-5035765-20140612185755

well, kinda misses the point of Doran's items...

basically, what Doran's items are supposed to do is give you a choice... do you want to start with a stronger item that can't build into anything any stronger, or do you want to start with a weaker item that CAN build into something stronger?

if you start putting Doran's items into recipes, they'd have to be nerfed... possibly a lot... which kinda defeats the purpose...