Why exactly were mana pots taken away?
Because when champs like
,
,
,
can just sit there and spam their abilities without suffering the consequences and everyone that uses manga especially the mana hungry champs like
are at a huge disadvantage. Also
is now a unique passive so it's a pain to deal with such mana issues.
Edit: The champions I listed above are just examples of champions that don't use mana and are completely fine in lane. Please stay on topic.
. if mana pots were still in the game it would basically be as if they were manaless champs. ok not exactly manaless, but a ton of sustain to spam abilities.