Why Riot needs to take a second pass at mana pool changes

If you look closely, there are very few junglers on the list. Evelynn and Fiddle being the only champions who are very rarely in lane. Hecarim has been in lane a lot the past year and Sion has always played more in lane and Naut has seen a lot of top and bot play.

Riot based their mana changes on if these champions needed mana potions. What they're forgetting is that junglers don't often need mana potions, but still are mana-expensive. If they're played in lane, they are very, very starved.

So I'll talk about 3 champions in particular that DO see lane play but might not be considered meta for those positions. Nocturne , Master Yi , and Udyr .

These champions are VERY mana hungry and even in the jungle I had often purchased mana potions for them, usually later in the game. However, since they're based on how often people bought mana potions for them, I believe junglers got left out. They had a mana regen passive on their item and they often get Blue buff.

So, for these reasons, I believe a second look needs to be taken because lane phases with these guys is way harder than it used to be.