Balance of Rod of Ages?

My Anime Waifu·12/14/2014, 9:21:57 PM·4 votes·985 views

I'm going to be straightforward with this: Rod of Ages is a strong item. A REALLY strong item. Almost every single tanky(ish) and ap champion in the entire game buys Rod of Ages, as it gives some of the most cost effective stats together that few other items give. I'm all for variety and similar things, but Rod of Ages is at the point where anyone who's tanky and ap buys this item. There's no decision making with this item, and there's no weaknesses to this item that make it counterable to any degree. Thoughts?

7 Comments

Skia Asteri12/14/2014, 11:21:10 PM7 votes

The balance is being weak relative to gold spent till it stacks up.

7ha7guy77712/14/2014, 11:34:15 PM4 votes

if you're a champion that builds RoA, you need to rush it in order to benefit from the stacks because the game can end shortly after it finishes stacking (if you rush it, you might have a complete Rod within 11-15 minutes and games can be as quick as 20-25 minutes). it's actually 121.6% efficient (without the passive) unstacked and 170.5% efficient fully stacked according to the wiki.

Sailor Mint12/15/2014, 12:02:51 AM2 votes

Bad build path.
No cooldown reduction.
Mana is not a desirable stat compared to MP5 on most champions.
Takes a very long time (10 min) to get fully stacked.

Why spend 2800g for 60AP/450 Health/450 Mana when you can get 80AP/20%CDR/100% Mana Regen for 2100g and spend the 700g on your next core item.

None of the common mid laners buy it, AP tanky top laners are falling out of favor. Who's "everyone"?

My Anime Waifu12/14/2014, 9:23:26 PM1 votes

Just for CLARITY, by tanky and ap I mean that the champion has both of those traits.

Hayaishi12/14/2014, 9:25:57 PM1 votes

That item is way to cost efficient and could use a nerf, just my opinion.

zualin2/6/2015, 7:43:40 AM1 votes

umm i'm just going to say it should have a unique passive on the stacking of the hp as well. Seeing as a cho-gath needs only 3 of them and he hits like a truck, has 5k hp ,and still has room for a solid armor/mr item. Without any kind of real penalty i mean it takes time but umm hello games take a long time it always gets its stack or at the very least it shouldnt stack up while your dead and i really mean at the very least. also i'm sure some will say games are only like 15-30 minutes but you havnt fought been against good people or you yourself are not good if both of them play well games can easily last 60-90 mins.