Morellonomicon should not be core.

MaingoSeven·3/23/2015, 2:45:10 AM·9 votes·1,131 views

Morellonomicon being the go-to sustain item is having an unintended side effect of making sustain heavy champions much weaker than they appear. Champions like Aatrox, Swain, Vlad, and Warwick lose a large chunk of their power but not because the enemy bought a niche counter item, Morellonomicon is currently core on almost every mana using mage. Either the grievous wounds passive needs to be removed and given to another item or Morellonomicon needs to be nerfed to not be a must buy item. Its passive is just too overbearing against some champions to be a strong purchase in every game.

13 Comments

Abyssphere3/23/2015, 2:47:41 AM9 votes

I find it funny that your proposed solution is to nerf Morellonomicon rather than to just buff Grail. Mages don't like being forced to build Morellos as is, hurting them further just to help Aatrox and co is dumb.

In any case Morello likely won't be core next patch because Riot is doing the sensible thing and buffing Athene's, so it should be the staple mana regen item now.

fiish e3/23/2015, 3:20:46 AM7 votes

Grail is currently being buffed on the pbe.

ScreamPaste3/23/2015, 3:11:58 AM3 votes

Do not buff Swain. Even indirectly. Morello's is just fine.

Uiru3/23/2015, 3:06:07 AM3 votes

Nomnomnom was niche back when Athenes did something.

It's Riot's hamfisted attempt to balance mages by deleting them from the game backfiring.

As has been said, nobody buys it because they like it. They buy it because they need it. And they need it because all the better options got destroyed.

(But energy champs are k.) ~Uiru

The5lacker3/23/2015, 2:59:40 AM3 votes

The ENTIRE item library needs a thorough review. Items need to be redefined and reworked from the ground up. All of them.

Dedrius3/23/2015, 2:49:28 AM2 votes

Whether it is core or even in power with Athenes any sensible mid laner will build morello in a situation vs any of those champs anyways.

SlytherinUmbreon3/23/2015, 1:16:52 PM1 votes

alternitively, they could just buff chalice so it can actually be a highly relevant alternative

Deep Terror Nami3/23/2015, 2:59:50 AM1 votes

Athene's has something like double mana buff on PBE btw. Riot doesn't want Morello's to be the go-to item for mana regen, either.

bad arcade kitty3/23/2015, 3:10:52 AM1 votes

mana costs are too high, that's why it's the core also they are buffing athene's grail soon

JFRANKSTA3/23/2015, 3:18:23 AM1 votes

i never buy item 3165 any time i need sustain i go for item 3027

Juggernaut6283/23/2015, 4:27:27 AM1 votes

Morellonomicon is an alternate item to Athene's. You get one or the other, depending on whether or not the enemy is ad or ap.