What happened to support items?
Found myself running out of mana in lane then I noticed the AP support item no longer gives mana regen. It also stops giving bonus gold when you finish your bounties...WTF?!
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They were MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD BY RITO GAMEs
Doesn't give CDR either, feelsbadman
Read the patch notes, it helps.
They were nerfed cause some people actually started playing supports how horrible I know. Riot couldnt let that continue so they acted before it got out of hand.
Support Items were overhauled this season.
Support items cost 400g and you don't need to buy upgrades for them. To compensate the fact you now save 1000g since you don't have to buy upgrades, the items received hefty nerfs. So now if you play a Mage/Enchanter Support, you'll need to manage your mana until you buy one of the following:
Having the Manaflow Band or Presence of Mind runes help out since they are a good source of mana as well.
Only real gripe I have with them is the Income Reduction being active after the item is complete. By late game, you might have to clear waves & you just get punished for doing so since you get reduced gold the more you farm.
They are now not the best items in the game.
I think that Supp items right now should be buffed a bit. But not reverted to be as broken as they were.
as enchanter/mage supp i don't save a lot of gold with these new items. i never fully upgraded my spellthief's edge since we can only put 3 wards down anyway at once + 1 pink. so if i needed more wards i just backed. the stats on the fully upgraded item weren't worth it over other core items. and at least i made money being a supp through the whole game whereas now ppl say we save so much money but we get literally nothing after the dumbass item fully upgrades. how is that saving money lol delusional
It is a comprehensive educational design to allow those who choose to play support to be thoughtful in their mana expenditure. Too frequently players who rely on items that generate mana spam their abilities without planning (missing too many skill shots). Removing mana regeneration on support items will eventually enhance players' skill in landing their skill shots especially the abilities that are mana intensive.
Do I sound like a Riot's spoke-person? I've been practicing.
they got nerfed because supports were too good for too long.
Lets be honest
Knuckle dragging "muh damage" player types are more prevalent in all games, not just league
Riot makes money on skins, so have to make champs that appeal to the knuckle daggers, because the fools part with their money faster
This means reworking old enchanters to stop them from frustrating the opponent adc, and into poke/assasins etc
This mean suggesting a support whos auto attack heal allies makes everyone react with vitriol
This is why riot thinks any mid-laner with cc is a "Support", (why even have adcs anymore?)
its why they make broken bs like the last 3 "supports" 
its why they nerf the shit out of supp items, mana regen, spell vamp, etc
I don't even think the rune reforged is actually working better than the old one, tbh
they are streamlining it for the type of people who don't like or want to support, or even tank
this is supposed to be a tank meta?, and as a full armor thorn 
, and i was just melted by an ad comp
seriously riot
each one of these has been broken on release, and all but senna so far, got huge nerfs
is still arguably broken
The no mana regen was a needed nerf to lane poke supports.
Previously I could literally spam q with velkoz whenever off cooldown now I have to be more methodical.
You save so much gold not having to upgrade them now. I think the idea is most supports are buying mana regen items anyway and are using all that leftover gold to get those items faster so the mana regen isn't needed. Idk I feel like I'm stronger than ever as a support. I would like the cdr back, however
Everyone seems to be forgetting mage supports were awful before the changes, and are in an even worst position now. Supports strong before the patch (Nautilus, Thresh, Blitzcrank, Pyke, Leona, Moragana) are still the best now. These changes do not effect their itemization.