Why mana potion was deleted ...?

Our decision to remove mana pots goes along the same philosophy as starting items. 100 mana tends to benefit certain types of champions over others (with mana costs being balanced against individual champion kits) and can wildly shift from being a mediocre purchase to a very cost-efficient one. By removing mana pots, we can better balance champion ability costs with the mana regeneration stat while also streamlining the ‘sustain game’ of League.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/preseason-2016-crests-horizon

with out them, darkkmanes garen bu-ild is now immposible

https://i.gyazo.com/4b1f764639c4eb422e59cf8ae6889ff6.png never forget

i honestly would like to know this as well... they probably listed why in the patch notes... but i doubt that reason is still relevant now, w/e it was

It probably has to do with Mages getting too much sustain in lane out of them

So riot can balance champions mana pools and regen more easily.

Riot's logic.

No mana required (or next to none needed), so balanced.

(lists rest of mana hungry champs) mana hungry and are known to abuse mana potions.....too op and shouldn't get it!

I think the issue was that mana pots for the most part was a noobtrap. You'd buy them and not even use them when they're relevant, like in the early game. Every champion had differing mana regen rates, so Riot balanced that along with the removal so that the champions that did benefit from the early sustain were not going to be gutted.

I remember the days when we could do 9 HP pot start. Akali was a real piece of balance those days, lol.

new champions don't use mana

old champions fuck them and fuck you for playing them - riot games

Rito wanted to balance Mana regen differently for different champs.

Someone with low mana costs will milk a far greater proportion out of that mana pot than someone with high costs. Some champions would be able to drink that 100 mana in as few as two casts or even one; others would look at five or even six. It would be the difference between three full rotations and a back, and five full rotations and a kill+assists.

I would have appreciated if they took it easier on supports in general, but League has always had a hard spot for keeping supports on their toes and making sure they don't get to fall into a passive roll of painting health bars. I've seen how healing can become and how toxic it can be both to play, and play against; League does it pretty well, for all their other failings.

If you still run oom constantly in s7 youre bad