Rework Tear Of The Goddess

I like this version.

Remove the "twice per eight seconds" limiter and we're good to go. If a Karthus wants to run himself oom to stack Tear faster, I say let him go ahead and do it.

They should just add that dealing damage adds tear stacks. No compensation nerf to it, just the buff.

That way tear stackers aren't just rewarded for simply using spells but landing spells as well.

I'm pretty sure there are three champions buy it: Ezreal, Ryze, and Cassiopeia? (don't quote me on this one). Sure, Morell works for the latter two, but unless you're going AP Ez you don't get the benefit from Morell's AP. Maybe just rework / ?

Tear of the goddess and its upgrades were mostly intended for late game reward. This meta heavily favors games that end sooner, meaning unless you somehow win while using a tear of the goddess, you're better off getting other items instead that give more power up front.

When the meta shifts back into late game scaling, or when champions actually have absurd mana costs and can essentially just farm up with them, you'll see them return. Tear, Archangels, and Manamune aren't bad items; they're outclassed by other items that give more earlier.

The biggest issue is that champs that could use it well (spammable abilities and/or high mana usage/scalings) are fewer than ever. It used to be core (or at least an acceptably common item) on , and probably more I'm not remembering, but now maybe a quarter of those still use it effectively, and even fewer use it regularly.

Half of that is due to champ reworks (e.g. Kha doesn't build it anymore because changes to W that pushed him out of lane, and Urgot no longer has spammable single target nukes to capitalize on), and half is because it is purely outclassed by similar items with superior effects ( offers more mage durability and faster completion, offers easier mana sustain and better damage, etc.)

To make tear useful again they have to make stacking based on something other than spell casts, or have stronger completed items to make up for the sacrifice in power that is made by taking a tear item. Then just nerf Ryze as necessary to avoid breaking him.

well, the item loses it's mana regen component even though you build it from a it gains a "refund" mana thing that i really don't care too much about it. It takes way too long for it to stack so other than there really aren't any other champions who care enough about building it. Let's also not forget that is just awful right now so that doesn't help matters.

The item and the items it builds into needs something else, whether it's faster stacking or better extra AP/AD per mana ratio or just slightly better base stats. Something to make the items be in a reasonable spot because right now it's an insanely niche item that doesn't provide much of a benefit

I love Archangel's and Seraph's as items but holy shit sitting on the Tear is just not worth it for 99% of champions.

I really like tear just for how cheap it is, in itself it's great. I can buy it for something like 700 gold total and then be able to spam all the spells I want on someone like Sona. The comparison to morello is pretty bad considering that morellos is a full item and tear is a lower tier item that that dwarves the cost of morellos. If tear had a better ad build path similar but better than manamune I could see other champions being able to use it. For example, udyr is a stance based champion that takes a ton of mana but he'll pretty much never build tear bc there's just nothing for it to build into. It's worth noting that late game having a tear on any mana hungry spellcaster will be significantly better than morellos, so long as you've upgraded the tear. The item is scaling and it works well with late game oriented champions however late game isn't really something to bank on anymore.

A lot of champions who are unpopular (Karthus for example) build it. But yeah, I think year should be adjusted with how Rito made league games a lot shorter

agree except for last point. as someone who plays mages a lot i hate that morello is the only real viable and decent mana item atm