Why Sightstone isn't always an Must Buy
I notice something when i'm on my accounts (Yes I have more then one). Rank&non in Summoner Rift, People yell at me to buy Sightstone, when I already have an greater Stealth Totem, when their is invisible character it better to have the Greater Vision Totem and Sightstone combo.
Here let me explain Greater depth why it an waste to invest 1.6k to get 5 wards that isn't much useful unless you are defending the base and always refilling in base (so always backing a lot).
At level 9 if you are support you are normally yell at by ADC, and late game when people are 2-3 level higher then you for taking one-two or if it a big wave 5-10 CS and how they need it more. Heck I also notice in non-rank most player don't even ward, and yell at me to ward more, when I already have 3 ward out saying we need more vision, Oh how I don't miss the old day when support were force to buy all the wards. Anyways....
At level 9 if you are support you hardly would have much Items , and if you are stuck in a losing or winning lane you may or may not have the cast depending on the type ADC you get. - if you are other character other then support , then it depend mainly on your CS skill, and how you fair in trading lane pressure with the other. But by level 9 you would atleast upgrade your warding totem if you are going keep it majorly through the game and not change for Orb/Sweeper.
the 1.6k gold give you 5 wards, they are fully like normal wards last 3 mins and only refill if your going to shop, but same time, you could turn that 1.6k into Magic/physical Armor, Get health/mana regen items, items to help you trade better (Sheen for some champion like
and ect).....
If you always going to base then sightstone more ideal, but that is still 800 gold for 4 ward for and 150 hp, and if you behind in items/need those stat more cause bad laning phase and person has already
you mostly going want armor if your tank character like
and so ect, cause that hp would mean little if you being preassure and can't regen your health or heal quick enough, as you be buyin potion
at level 9+ if you are having invisible character like
you also don't want to leave ward around to long if they have the upper hand, or have someone always sweeping ward as soon you place them or place them and have them their to long when you and the team wouldn't be there and just destroy the ward remaining time to ward somewhere else when all you need the ward to be there for small time to see if your going get gank/flanked.
Greater Stealth Totem give you an ward charge ever 60 second, and ward last 180 second second long (so about 2 mins) and the item costed you only 250 gold, you are given the ability to buy the Ruby crystal and then some health regen to maybe
or some armor and potion then instead of getting an stuck limit of 4 ward that last 3 mins that could been sweeped then destroyed and giving the sweeper 15 extra gold to help their lead more ,cause most likely your goin' place a ward in their pink if your behind and stuck at tower and if you ward rive run to cover and see them kill your placed ward and stuck with less charges til you Back to base, and as mention sometime you don't want to be forced backed cause them you lower protection of tower and gave it up at 75% health which you could very well defended.
Also as mention earlier you are getting Ward ever 60 second that last 180 second long, so by the time you place 1 ward, down, in about 2 mins before it disappear you have 2 more ward to place, and after you place those two, about 2 mins go by then you have 3 ward always on the map unless you died (then you have how many ward to do rotation til you have 3 on the map where you need them to go for short time for pushing lane , or just quick tower to destroy then leave) while
you relaying completely to it mercy of charges and if you maxed out your ward you have to waste it remaining duration. Only a few champion don't care as much for them is like
or
and
used them to get around the map as tools rather then vision.
if you think of it honestly yelling at someone who already have Greater Totem , shouldn't be forced to buy
, or upgraded to the
cause if they are behind why would they invest so much money in item that wouldn't be as useful as the totem upgraded that casted them 250g when support player are being trashed into the lower ranked and ect as the sole ward coverage when their isn't an invisible threat and they are using their warding totem more then anyone else it an ideal better investment.
Why i'm posting this on my non-rank account? Cause honestly why should I post on an rank account to get the same respect? So what my other acc's Gold or Plat it the ideal to show you don't need know someone being high rank to trust or see logic behind a post, and this account was eventually going be main rank support account like my Mid and Jungler accounts are, But When all you see trash on the support role it make it one the few reason it the most un-rated role cause they are forced to get items cause the "meta" demand it when it shouldn't be the Meta, but what an needed build for the problem and avoid increasing the gold gap - Also this account mainly spam Aram, as I enjoy that cause no1 care as much what you build.
Remember this or go place an account that isn't ranked if you already high rank, make new account be support, and see how people treat you like trash if you aren't using the "meta" stander, it like some people follow Guide to heart and think "Counter" are 100% thing and then wonder why they got trashed when they should be stronger, it all about skill and mech, level.
Only time their isn't much trash talk for someone to get sightstone and ect cause their gold+ and understand the use, but the people who are silver, trash and troll who will fight over the smallest amount of CS even rage quit (oh I seen this alot also) is to damn high and IT sadden when the community doesn't help point out item that help reduce gold wasted when people need work together.not to mention if people think support are sole provider of vision then they need be slapped out the mind set to see is a team effor and if their isn't ward, don't go yelling stright to the support for ward problem when you can easily hover over the icon and see x/3 ward placed on the totems.
to battle enemy map control, while the other champions buy
for map control, or
to prevent ambushes, or set up an ambush. They also could take a 2nd

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