I'm fine with Maw, but...

is fine. Decent stats, strong passive, high price.

is the issue. It gives decent combat stats for early game while giving the same full passive of the final item, for a third of the price. I may be biased as all hell since I main and hate going against , but it just seems a little ridiculous that 1300 gold can negate my all in attempts against champs like him and just sit on the item while I would need to invest 2900 gold for Hourglass and a similar level of safety.

I think the shield passive should be removed. If they want the safety, they should need to pay a lot more for it.