A list of mana potion removal victims.

The Bearded Bard··3 votes·630 views

Mid laners:

Brand Leblanc Lux Orianna Syndra Zyra ZiggsAhri

Most mana regen I buy on them is item 3165 , without mana potions to get me through the early game I'll have to get item 3174 instead and I'd much rather morellos considering most of the time I'm against AD mids/tops nowadays and healing reduction is always nicer to have.

Top laners:

Gangplank Galio Karma Malphite Urgot Yorick Shaco

Same boat as mid laners for Karma and Shaco. Yorick and Urgot both rush big ticket mana items first, but until they have them, mana's tough on them. Malph, GP, and Galio all can buy mana items, but typically it's not their first item. Hence the dependence on mana potions.

Supports:

Janna Fiddlesticks Lulu Nautilus Sona Soraka Zilean BlitzcrankNami

A lot of supports don't have the luxury of rushing mana items/regen items first so they rely on mana potions to keep them going. Sure there's coin, but coin users are few and far between.

Marksmen:

Ezreal Corki

Not much to see here. Most of you probably don't even use mana pots on these two, but I'm sure some of you out there do and these are the two marksmen I'd see buffed if you're going to remove mana potions.

Obviously some of this is opinionated. Some of you don't build mana potions on these champions, some of you may not play some of these champs in the lanes I put them in. Regardless, these are the champions I'd like to see get mana regen or mana buffs with the removal of mana potions.

5 Comments

Lafouboy2 votes

And then they also increased the costs of all mage core items.

Seriously, what the fuck is Riot doing? It's one thing to buff ADCs, but its another to start nerfing other roles for no reason.

Kat Head1 votes

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And then they also increased the costs of all mage core items.

Seriously, what the fuck is Riot doing? It's one thing to buff ADCs, but its another to start nerfing other roles for no reason.

I think the cost nerf was because of the new mastery system. I am concerned about the higher cost of ap items as well.

redniwediS1 votes

I wouldn't put too much weight in your opinion until you see what the rest of the new starting items are, and how Flask and other items get changed in the process. Sure Riot likely won't change every champion who will be hurt by this, but that doesn't mean they won't change items like Doran's Ring to compensate.

The Bearded Bard2 votes

I just don't see them giving champions like lane Shaco any love with any of these changes. It's rarely seen and like fiddlesticks when they removed his jungle item, is a casualty they're willing to accept.

JavelinJoe1 votes

Nami will suffer the most.

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