What do you think of Tear of the Goddess?
There are very few champions I see building Tear:
because he has no other good build paths and he really needs the mana to spam Q late game, and he also needs the Muramana passive to deal good damage with his Q
because he is so mana hungry and needs to spam his abilities
Same reason as Urgot
other champions delay their damage or defense stats when building Tear, this is not true for Ryze because he scales with mana
Other than those, I almost never see Tear being used. Even champions which used to have Tear as a core item, are currently skipping it. For example,
because of mana cost buffs not a long time ago and because as an early/mid game champion it is better for him to go directly for AD items and snowball
even though he is a late game champion, the meta is simply too early game focused, if he buys a Tear he doesn't exist early, many times it is better to go directly for Rod of Ages
with his rework, he doesn't need this item anymore
I don't remember the last time he has been played mid, as a support he wants to build other items instead
see Karthus
Even many champions which used to build Tear in the past, such as 
, no longer even consider this item as an option, since their reworks/changes mean they are either going jungle (where you can constantly get blue so you don't need Tear for mana) or they have their mana costs reduced and as such other mana items like Rod of Ages are enough.
Champions which could consider building Tear in some situations, such as 
, are no longer doing it because Tear is too much of a powerspike loss during the early/mid game.
On my opinion the main problem with Tear is that this meta is too early game focused to allow Tear to be a viable item for champions. Most of them really need to spike early or they will fall behind. Yes, Tear is a fantastic late game item, but for most champions, purchasing it means they will be useless during the early and mid game. They will have no AP, AD, armor, cooldown reduction, magic resistance, or any other stat that is needed during combat.
The only champions that build it, build it because they spam their abilities so much and they have no other good mana items to use. If they didn't purchased Tear they would become OOM quickly, but if they had a better early game item with mana, they would probably build it and skip Tear. Except Ryze which scales with mana, so building Tear for him is not a loss, like most other champions.
What can be done to make Tear a more viable option for other champions?
