@Riot Another idea for sightstone

Alright, so there is a lot of discussions lately about changes for the famous vision item and its less than desirable upgrade .

One of the things that makes Sightstone a problem is that it gives health, which is not really wanted for AP supports, which would prefer some quick AP for the laning phase. Well, I've got a possible solution that could make every support happy:

> + + 0 = > Then, gives sightstone 20 AP.

This is surely a pure buff since it gives a lot more for approximately the same cost. However... The total cost becomes 835 but offers equally good path for both tanky and AP supports. can now buy if she doesn't have enough gold for the complete item while takes . And in the end, AP supports still get tankier and tank supports will do just a bit more damage.

Then comes the problem of the upgrade. Here is how I figure it: purely vision-related enchantments that also double the stats (300 HP and 40 AP). Then again, you get: > + + + 0 = (with different possible enchantments)

There are many possibilities to explore for vision enhancements:

• Increase ward limit
• Increase ward duration
• Increase ward vision range
• Air wards that see through terrain and brush
• Patrolling wards (like Kalista's sentinel)
• Etc...

To avoid the upgrade being absolutely mandatory, there is also the possibility to allow the purchase once you hit level 9, as you did for trinkets. Enchantments like these makes the item more unique and more focused on what it's supposed to do: give small stats and deepen the vision game.

These build paths make every step of the purchase feel better. By deleting the combine cost you never get in the situation where you buy something that doesn't feel useful. You either buy useful stats (HP or AP) or a finished sightstone/enchantment with not-so-needed-but-still-nice stats. Plus, it still never takes more than one slot for sightstone and two slots for ruby sighstone. Even though the sightstone gets a pretty big buff, since the stats themselves still aren't great for an item slot, I believe Sightstone will stay a pure support (and maybe sometimes jungler, albeit not more than currently) item which is something I think you wanted to preserve.

TL;DR: Ruby + Tome gives Sightstone with 20 AP. Enchantments upgrades double the stats and gives vision related bonuses. Better build path for AP supports, better ruby upgrade overall and more complexity for the vision game.