An extra item slot for consumables (upvote pls)
An extra item slot for consumables: Pink wards, Health potions (including refill and corrupting), elixirs (so you can choose when to use them at full build instead of using on purchase).
This way there is no damage creep or tank creep that could happen. It's limited to 2 scenarios:
- Late game where you want/need a pink but have no space
- Throughout the game where you want to keep/buy a consumable but your uncompleted items deny that (e.g. an ADC with BF Sword, Pickaxe, Cloak, Boots1, pink ward, 2 health pots, and 300g left over who wants to buy a dagger but has no space).
I don't think either would hurt balance.