AP itemization is just as diverse as AD itemization
The mage circlejerk has started once again. One person posts a relatively sucessful mage post, another follows up. Soon, you have all these people trying to farm upvotes.
So, recently, there have been numerous posts about AD itemization being more diverse and versatile than mage itemization. However, I find this to be highly disputable. Although there are numerous AD items that give unique passives or actives, such as 
and 
, it's not like mages don't have access to other things as well. To name a few, there is 
, 
, and 
. 
and 
also have passives that are quite powerful.
Another thing that has been complained about is that AD itemization also gives more MR than AP itemization gives armor. However, people have not considered the fact that AP itemization also gives more HP. The last two items named above give lots of HP. So do 
and 
. In fact, it is not even the case that AD itemization gives more MR. People believe that most AD champions will go both and 
at the same time when they really only take one of the two. They are much more likely to grab while is used more on brusier champions.
It can be argued that AD itemization gives lifesteal while mages have virtually no forms of sustain whatsoever. These lifesteal items are often only prominent on ADCs, and are usually ignored on other classes. Even then, most ADCs do not get lifesteal until later in the game.
I'm actually seeing more diverse builds when it comes to mages rather than Assasins or ADCs. On Assassins, you usually see 
, 
, , some boots, , and then ethier 
or another offensive item such as 
. But when you look at mages, you see all kinds of builds with lots of mixtures of items. Of course, 
is always rushed first, but then it starts branching out into all sorts of items.
In conclusion, I firmly believe that Mages have as much access to variety in itemization as ADCs or Assasins. They have many unique passives. They also give HP, Armor, and MR while AD itemization only gives MR and only one item () gives HP. Hopefully, the mage circlejerk will stop one day.
