About mana regen, athenes and blue buff
I think there is an issue with mana regen and blue buff in the game at this moment.
Some laners are not capable off holding their lane after buying an item made to solve their mana problems (when manaless champs are top tier more or less)
Some junglers *** really*** need the mana regen from blue buff and have to deal with mages that cry to have the 2nd blue buff .. aka some jungler are barely viable because of that.
It enforce the meta when mages need to be mid, to have blue buff or they aren't really viable..
I think blue buff should be really bad on laners until late game (for extended fights) and it should belong to the jungler and empower their presence in the game for the first part of the game..
Riot should balance mana regen itemization for everybody without blue buff to be in the equation (or much more rare ex: anivia) .. even if that mean the mana regen work differently. Blue buff should be as good on mana champs that they are on energy champs or something close.
Tldr : When there are champs without mana that are so dominent, it should be balanced to buy an item just to solve your mana problems (chalice). And blue buff shouldn't be the solution.