Petition to Keep Strength of the Ages and Remove Bond of Stone instead
So Strength of the Ages is getting removed and replaced by Courage of the Colossus, but why? IMO I feel as though it should remain in the game. What I feel should be removed instead is Bond of Stone. Why do I feel that way? Because Bond of Stone is useless. There's literally no reason to even take Bond of Stone unless you just want the 4% damage reduction. Even then that's all it is good for. Unless Bond of Stone is buffed to be more useful it feels as though this is a really stupid move.
Bond of stone is outclassed by Wind Speaker's blessing for it's increased healing, shielding, as well the bonus armor and mr towards allies whom you heal and shield. Even having Wind Speaker's on someone such as Braum (as well any other non-shielding/healing double laner) is far better than Bond of Stone. Using Locket in a team fight and granting more shield on top of bonus armor and mr far exceeds you just chipping off 10-15 damage from your allies.
Grasp of the Undying also outclasses Bond of Stone. Grasp of the Undying brings more team fight potential than Bond of Stone. Even if you take Grasp of the Undying on a support you're still going to have a better impact than if you had Bond of Stone.
Strength of the Ages is a no brainer if literally almost every jungler takes the keystone.
To also top this off a new potential item of the pre-season announcement does what Bond of Stone does but far, far better. That item is known as Knight's Vow.
Would like a word
a shield every single time he hits something with a cleaver? That seems strong as hell.