feels like some champions aren't even viable anymore, forget wave clear if your an Olaf or most champions for that matter now, even with the mana regen "buffs" doesn't feel like anything if you use most of your mana wave clearing the first few levels, say goodbye to any sort of lane control
Yeah, I hate this change with a passion. As if resourceless champs didn't already have an advantage.
I miss mana pots already. I feel vulnerable without them.
I main Sona and heavily relied on mana pots early game, ESPECIALLY when my adc thinks that just because I have a heal, they can go all in and dive towers, chase like crazy, and I'll be able to heal them whenever they need it at no cost.
What was their reasoning for removing it? It wasn't because no one was buying them.
Every lane bully or not, that has high mana costs is now screwed.
You can make due if you're a scaling champion. But if you're a bully who needs pressure and winning the lane, then you're completely useless. THANKS RITO
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I really don't understand how heavy mana use mages are supposed to compete now with zed, yas, akali, & kat in mid lane???? They lost nothing, yet I have lost all ability sustain an attack mode in lane (or roaming in some cases). I have played against a manaless enemy laner (mid) in every game since the patch...obviously there is a problem.
I main diana and one full combo at lvl 6 pretty much empties her mana, however one combo isn't enough to kill any decent player. Which means I can't follow with another combo.....which is the entire point of her skill set!!!! If I can't follow up, I can't finish. Is the jungler supposed to give up the blue every time now?
Any supposed buff to base mana or dorans appears to be worthless early/mid game. I realize that we now have to rush mana regen items...but many times that sacrifices ability power. So my choice is to stack killing power, but not have enough mana to use it....or stack mana regen, but not have enough killing power to do anything.
Maybe my build/play style was too mana heavy...but that was my choice to make and I felt the gold trade off was always worth it if I could kill.
And the new refillable pots are worthless for those of us that need the mana side of it. Waste of money. Really disappointing change Rito.
Use the new elixirs then?
Conserve mana then?
Notice no changes because chances are they got mana buffs?
The reason they removed it is because no one bought it. When was the last time you even saw a Yorick? Mana potions on Olaf? Dafuq!? I used to buy one on support Morgana and don't care at all that it isn't there. Game shop is complicated enough without that crap cluttering it further.
