An Item replacement for the Queen's Tribute part of Frostfang
Lightning Twig
- Cost: 950 Gold
- Recipe: Amplifying Tomb + 615 Gold
- 30 Ability Power
- UNIQUE Passive - Discharge: Damaging spells deal [15 -- 30 based on level] bonus magic damage to enemy champions whom you have not last damaged with Discharge (10 second cooldown on target otherwise).
This is a component item with a neat passive that could build into many other Mage items. Discharge works like Miss Fortune's Love Tap, but with spells, since lightning allegedly never strikes the same target twice. It's good on Mages who tend to poke a lot and is best compared to Hextech Revolver, which is better for Assassins.
Stormraider's Knife
- Cost: 2400 Gold
- Recipe: Lightning Twig + Fiendish Codex + 550 Gold
- 70 Ability Power
- 10% Cooldown Reduction
- UNIQUE Passive: Discharge grants [30/50% at levels 1/11] bonus Movement Speed for 1 second. This effect can occur up to 3 times every 45 seconds.
- UNIQUE Passive - Discharge: Damaging spells and basic attacks deal [20 -- 40 based on level] (+0.05 Ability Power) bonus magic damage to enemy champions whom you have not last damaged with Discharge (10 second cooldown on target otherwise).
Stormraider's Knife then fulfills the need of Queen's Tribute buyers. Its price is upped a bit because it has access to more damage and because people can rush it for its Movement Speed (which is gated a second time via level requirement) and it can now proc on basic attacks so you can switch targets quickly while you wait for your spells to come back up. Unlike Lightning Twig, this upgrade would be better for Burst Mages and Assassins.