So you are angry about losing mana regen in the mage item rework...

Brorelia·4/8/2016, 7:33:19 AM·8 votes·1,058 views

You guys would feel so limited in season 2 given your current lack of mana management brought on by all the mana regen in the game currently. There was no Athene's only CoH which was considered a joke item for all but Galio. Mana costs were across the board higher and a mage had no mobility item outside of Lich bane. IF you wanted to get your mana restored you had to back for it or build 2 RoA, get blue buff, Or build an archangels which was the only good mana regen item that was worth getting and took forever to stack for any champ outside a couple like Karthus.

I am really glad they are finally making players have to learn to manage mana to some degree again or have to back more often if excessively using abilities for little to no effect.

8 Comments

Critmaster Garen4/8/2016, 7:44:34 AM5 votes

i remember mana regen runes actually being worth something, and a couple of them part of a standart mage runepage.

on the flip side, manapots existed and after the first couple of levels, mages always got blue buff.

Alüe4/8/2016, 7:36:28 AM3 votes

Back in the day blue buff was essential for mid, jungler would almost always give it up for them. Hence why they built items with mana regneration as it constricted mages playstyles.

SnackieCakes4/8/2016, 9:21:27 AM2 votes

There was also no Zed or Yasuo, so your lane opponent also felt limited.

Sire Hippington4/8/2016, 12:55:03 PM1 votes

you forget that S2 was way more slow paced, going tear+roa was standart back then, now tear is just to much of a setback with all the early-midgame focus. also, manreg runes were stronger, way more regen from blue, clearity existed, mp/5 from some other items was better. Sure, no mp/5 reached the unlimited mana of athen's, but AA alone solved most mana issues with a high mp/5 value ontop of 1000 mana. Also, Athene's was released duering S2