Talk:Zhonya's Hourglass/@comment-173.85.13.208-20110105051858/@comment-173.85.13.208-20110106002244

Straight health (say from Rod of Ages) prevents you from dying too, and you're actually allowed to move, perform abilities, and attack at the same time. Zhonya's active, by comparison, is not good for some characters, and it can also be a huge liability (it gives the enemy team time to ignore you or surround you).

For the 1000 gold recipe cost, you get 5 armor and 20 AP. For an incredibly expensive, late-game item recipe that should cost what? 300 gold at most? So you're spending 700 gold to get 2 seconds where you can't be targeted, you can't move, and you can't attack (assuming you press the button at the right time) every 90 seconds. That's not a small choice anymore. Zhonya's Ring was great even without using it's active. Zhonya's Hourglass, however, needs the active to be used well or you're wasting a lot of gold.