Talk:Manamune/@comment-97.126.54.123-20110504041257/@comment-3486816-20110517095722

that's not usually the case. Synergy as defined by the wiki right now (I know it's going to be subject to some sort of change soon, but not sure what) is basically a combination of opinion and general consensus and is one of the most open-for-editing areas on the wiki. That being said, it's probably one of the most hotly debated as well. As a rule of thumb synergy only applies if someone has a particularly good reason to get a certain item over just anyone who would. For example, blitzcrank's mana shield can be heavily increased by increasing his max mana and mana regen (since the shield is based on current mana), and he does a lot of damage from autoattacks and has an attack speed steroid and a double-attack-damage ability, which leads to a synergy with manamune's mana regen, mana increase, and attack damage increase.