Doran's Ring.
When it becomes commonplace to build two or more of them and have no problems with scaling, slots, or even just a loss of gold efficiency, something has gone terribly wrong.
And it's probably gone wrong with their ridiculous mana sustain.
MisterSki2 votesThe problem being that if you nerf them then there will be a lot of champs that become unplayable
LyingOnLine1 votesMmm, I'm not so sure. Reduce the base mana regeneration down to +25%, and all of a sudden it's even more important to be picking up your CS if you want to keep casting spells.
Grymmstrike1 votesJust make all the effects a unique passive so the item itself isn't nerfed but you can't stack them.
I Creampied Jinx1 votesIf you nerf Dorans Rings, then I wanna see Dorans Blade get nerfed. Lifesteal on hit is much more cancerous than Dorans Rings bonus, I assure you.
Grymmstrike2 votesAnd that is why you see legitimate 4 Doran's Blade builds, eh?
I Creampied Jinx1 votesYou don't see 4 Dorans Blades because there is Lifesteal/AD/Health items out the ying yang. Lifesteal is a more prevalent stat that effects more in the long run, so sitting there wasting gold on the same item instead of investing in lets say, blade of the ruined king, is really bad. People build multiple dorans rings, not because of the item itself, but because mages quite literally suffer from lack of mana regen if they do not build Archangels Staff. ADCs or other people who build dorans do not suffer from lack of mana regen as Auto-Attacks/Energy are enough to sustain themselves off 1 Lifesteal item. And you may be thinking, there's plenty of mana regen items for mages. Well, lets take a look, Morellonomicon has a on kill/assist mana regen item, not in level(mid level regen) Athenes Unholy Grail offers mana/health regen however it's other passive is 100% useless since Spellvamp was technically removed from the game. The only noticeable mana regen items I can see are Rod of Ages, ArchAngels(Rarely built on most mages since it takes longer to build into Seraphs than it does to finish a game lel)
AD wise for Lifesteal there is:
(this one can go either way but spellvamp is arguably more useless than Lifesteal so it's primarily used on Assassins like Akali since it has both stats)
(This is in here cause it doubles all on hit effects including Lifesteal)
LyingOnLine1 votesNo, you don't see 4 DBlade starts because the lifesteal is negligible and Dblade isn't even always the best opener. Doran's Ring is horrendously gold efficient, gives you all the mana to spama that you need, and sells back quite nicely