AP Itemization [Concepts]
One of the ideas I had in mind is creating a new early/mid game active item that will build into a new item and replace cutlass for Hextech Gunblade. This is because Gunblade, sure it is a hybrid item, but it is more for mages so to make the item better stat efficient I will remove the Life Steal from the item so it is better to build on champions like Malzahar, Mordekaiser, and Katarina who has hybrid ratios and not just be an Akali only item. The other item is to fulfill another 120 AP item for customization for more unique builds.
Ice Rod: Recipe: Blasting Wand (860g) + 540g = 1400g
Statistics: +40 Ability Power +UNIQUE Active: Deal 100(+20%AP) magic damage and slow the target champion's movement speed by 20% for 2 seconds. 60 seconds cooldown. (700 units range)
Hextech Gunblade: Recipe: Hextech Revolver (1200g) + Ice Rod (1400g) + 400g = 3000g
Statistics: +40 Attack Damage +80 Ability Power +UNIQUE Passive: +20% spell vamp +UNIQUE Passive - Reload: Your basic attacks and one time per spell against champions reduce the cooldown of this item by 3 seconds. +UNIQUE Active: Deal 150(+40%AP) magic damage and slow the target champion's movement speed by 40% for 2 seconds. 60 second cooldown. (700 range)
Frozen Staff of the Magus: Recipe: Ice Rod (1400g) + Needlessly Large Rod (1600g) + 300g = 3300g
Statistics: +120 Ability Power +UNIQUE Active: Fire a beam of ice magic in the target direction to deal 150(+60%AP) magic damage and slow struck enemies by 40% for 2 seconds. (60 seconds cooldown) (1200 units range) +UNIQUE Passive - Icy Magic: Spells that deal magic damage increase the slow duration by 0.5 second. Maximum slow duration is 10 seconds.
The main difference between these items is that one item is for the traditional mage while the other is for hybrid ratio champions and more assassin based. By removing the life steal on gunblade allows the item to become slightly cheaper which also allows the item to be better stat efficient since the champions who would buy this item cannot even use the life steal so it is a wasted stat. One thing I changed on Gunblade is the reload passive where instead of lowering the cooldown on single target spells it lowers on all types of spells, but only one time, this is only necessary for damage over time spells; this is to, again, open up the item to more champions rather than just Akali.
Hope you like the ideas! ~ Stacona