User blog comment:PegasEVinhoVerde/Spirit Visage on adc/@comment-4022742-20130730155622/@comment-4022742-20130731132419

Name me one other Magic Resistance Item that gives Critical Strike chance. It's the only one in the game, so "loosing stats" or "trading them" for something less, is a completely empty argument. You'd have to buy two items to get a better effect.

And wasting gold? Didn't you read that " is gold efficient even without its passives"?

Are there better options? As mentioned, yes. But that doesn't exclude you from buying it when you have one slot left and you want more Critical Strike and need more Magic Resistance.