Zhonya's Armor Stat is Useless for Mages, and Here's Why

Look at these three items: , , and .

You know what these all give? That's right, armor pen. Basically, all mid lane assassins build these three items if they are going against an AP mage such as Ahri or Leblanc. So how much armor pen do these three items give you? Well...

Gives +10 armor pen Gives +20 armor pen also gives +10 armor pen

Now mind you, Zhonya's only gives +45 armor... sooo basically when you build these items Zhonya's will only give +5, that's right, +5 armor. Less than cloth armor, the cheapest item in the game. Plus this is also assuming that the assassin you're going against doesn't have armor pen runes, and basically ALL people that go assassins mid probably have around +5-10 armor pen on their runes. SO IF WE CONSIDER THAT! You're getting +0 OR -5 armor.

But what if the mage gets ?? Well, exists... so basically if you wanted to get at least some magic pen against the assassin you will be sacrificing the valuable magic pen you get from .