Are there any mid laners that buy Athene's anymore?

Ashes Arise·1/16/2015, 2:01:28 AM·3 votes·667 views

I'm wondering if Athene's is better than Morellonomicon on any mid laner now. Is there a point to it existing in the game at all now aside from tricking people who haven't played in awhile into buying it? If you're going to make it strictly worse than nomcon then why have it at all? I don't see how making nomcon slightly more expensive changes anything. Athene's mana regen doesn't even work the same way anymore. It was good on certain champions because it encouraged them to use their mana more to keep it low so the mana regen was higher.

As an Anivia/Xerath main. I don't understand what Athene's niche is supposed to be anymore. These champions were the poster children of Athene's rush champions, and I can't even justify buying it on them anymore.

3 Comments

Abyssphere1/16/2015, 2:16:06 AM2 votes

I wish they would buff it :( Doesn't need to be as good as it was but it should have reason to be bought over Morello's.

Terff1/16/2015, 2:12:09 AM1 votes

I tend to buy chalice, but sell it later, idk why... I just don't feel like I get anything for the price of Athenes

DanofDemacia1/16/2015, 5:08:10 AM1 votes

I get it if i need to go defensive like against kat or somone. I usually get it as lux.