Why not scrap Clarity and turn it into a support item made out of Tear

If they want it that way they would kept Soraka the way she was....................she was able to give Mana to her team over n over

#Manamanipulator

What support is gonna be spamming spells enough to stack tear quickly?

Made from tear and catalyst

Catalyst of the goddess

Gives mana, scaling mana (like what tear normally has but it gives more mana per cast based on level up to 300) hp, mana regen and a unique on use (and the catalyst passive lvl up bonus that also triggers on assists)

Sacrifice of the goddess The user sacrifices the current bonus mana build up returning it to 0 to give the equivalent mana to a targeted allied champion as mana regen (can also target the user)

To build it to a useable and useful point you have to cast spells, it's also not cheap, but it would have the benefit of constant sustain for the support in lane, and mana for his ally

This item would be most beneficial to a sustain support (and they do need some sort of buff right now)

In my opinion, Clarity would be nice with a much lower cooldown or higher mana return (so you don't get barely any mana at early levels) BUT made to only affect yourself, not any nearby allies.

Then it becomes a viable spell for very mana-hungry midlaners or supports, rather than having to be weak since it applies to two people.

Can you imagine a meta where some mids can actually use Clarity viably instead of 90% (random guess) of games being super aggressive ignite lanes?

That being said, it can't be made too strong for two reasons.

1) We don't want an infinite-waveclear meta again. See: Early S4 Ziggs

2) From what I understand, Riot specifically wants to maintain the design clarity (no pun intended) that "OoM = vulnerable target". The idea that an enemy can be out of mana, giving you the perfect window to kill them, and then suddenly have a huge chunk of mana returned and turn back against you, is sort of "lacking clarity".

That's why it's not the same as mana regen over time.
5 mana per second for 100 seconds is 500 mana - but you see it restore slowly over time. If, instead, you suddenly restored 500 mana instantly on a 100 second cooldown, it would be the same "effective" mana return, right? But it would lead to the situation where someone looks like a vulnerable target but then suddenly gets a bunch of mana back and returns fire.

That being said, you could say the same thing about Heal, right? A low-hp target is vulnerable...but if you go in, and they use Heal or even Barrier and then turn the fight against you, that's still your fault for engaging when they had the spell up. So if people got used to seeing clarity, they'd know to be cautious about focusing OoM targets who could suddenly pop Clarity and restore a chunk of it. So the spell could probably be viable without too many problems.

Anyway, sorry for the rambling, but these are my opinions and my thoughts on Riot's viewpoint.

I could really use clarity on essence reaver. That shit doesn't restore but 5 mana per hit.

Edit: sorry that was off topic. I like clarity on a support item too but maybe not tear, since not many supports can stack it fast via spamming. Ideally you want a good chunk of supports picking this up, no matter what if they're healer, tank or mage, etc.

Because it'd still be bad.

Unlike Dota (namely Arcane Boots, which is similar toyour idea), we don't have actual meaningful mana costs. As a result, this item will be under Ohm-wrecker Tier.

How would they charge the item?

Seriously, I'm curious. Is it by moving? Wouldn't it be exploited by the Ryze's/Singed?

Give this man a cookie.

I don't see the point.

It would only be useful if you could use it during early laning phase. Maybe give it as an active to

Or they could just buff Clarity to something like this:

Returns 50% of maximum mana to the caster. Nearby allies are granted bonus hp for 4 seconds equal to the amount of mana returned. Cannot be cast above 30/40/50% mana.

So what you've got here is a legit support spell that gives you mana while saving asses. If you give friends 300 bonus hp with the spell and the hp expires when they're below 300 hp, they die. So it's not really a shield and not really a heal, just a temporary second wind.

It also gets harder to cast as the game goes on and the spell gets stronger since you'll be at low mana far less often.

Because they are giving you a choice to choose a subpar SS and be inferior to other summoners.

Diversity is important!

#bringbackrevive

It'd suck for aram but I like the idea for a mana hungry bot lane in 5s

Clarity is good for low level accounts without masteries/runes, as well as in ARAM. I wouldn't want to see it completely gone.

It would be cool to have clarity in item, but Tear as a part of support item doesn't make much sense. You should get Tear as early as you can to start stacking. But support needs to rush gold/10 item. Then vision stuff. Then something tanky to not die instantly. Then finally he can buy tear. But by that time the laning phase is over, champions don't spam spells so often, have bigger mana pools and clarity isn't really needed.

I wish they'd drop the speed boost from heal, and just combine it with clarity.

Well, we could also try making it so you have to stack it (i.e. every time you use an ability, 30% of mana used gets stored. When [ITEM] gets used, stacked mana gets restored to player. If allies are in a 1000 unit radius, 60% of stacks will go to the player, and 40% will get distributed to the number of allies in radius.)

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This is actually a really cool idea.

The Clarity active is really cool for its effect on mana-based champions, but is extremely limiting as a summoner spell because it has to compete with other summoner spells. Adding it as a support item gives it a lot of cool possiblities as a portable mana battery for the team.

Stats are super iffy because of the other Tear item's stats, but the active would probably have an effect where it trades your own mana to give nearby allies mana, maybe only one teammate mana.

It would be really cool, but I'm worried that this kind of item would come too late. In the mid-game, most mana-using mages have most, if not all, of the mana/mana regen they need at that phase except in extended sieges, where Blue Buff gets donated to the AP carry. You aren't going to stack a tear until much later on in the game.

Maybe that a good idea and solve the problem generated by energie and manaless champ like Zed and Yasuo.

I run it on veigar vs heimerdinger, it is quite hilarious how many stacks I can get because of it while using my W to remove his turrets constantly without going oom. Probably the only way I would ever use it though >.>

Tear would suck on most supports. Chalice or Forbidden Idol would be much better for a build path.

I'll be honest, I initially read this as "Why not scrap and turn it into a support item made out of tear?"

And I was completely baffled as to what you meant by it o.o

How about?

Tear of the Goddess + Forbidden Idol

250 Mana 75% Base mana regen 10% Cooldown reduction Unique -- Inspiration: Gain mana regeneration per 5 equal to 1% of your 100 maximum mana Unique – Mana Charge: Grants +4 mana (max +750 mana) for each spell cast and mana expenditure. (Occurs up to 2 times every 8 seconds). Gains +1 mana every 8 seconds.

When it transforms gives this Unique -- Clarity: Restores 40% maximum mana to you and your nearby allies.

a lot of items would be sweet if different summoner skills worked with them. Not sure what the best pairing is, but i think it would be cool if every summoner skill paired with one item that did a similar thing to it.