We have a whopping one item that gives armour.
UNIQUE – LIFELINE: If you would take physical damage that would reduce maximum health below 30%, you first gain a shield that absorbs 110 - 280 (based on level) physical damage for 5 seconds (90 second cooldown)
Nyarlathοtep43 votesAre you out of your god damn mind? Did you just propose to add an item that will make mages have a decent chance deal with assassins (especially ad ones)?! SHAME ON YOU.
But in all seriousness, riot will never do it unless they properly address the problem that ap items have. That they are being shared by all mages. Under NO circumstances should a vlad and xerath be able to buy the same items to be viable. One is a mage that sacrifice mobility and tankness for range and damage, while the other one is a mage that sacrifices range for damage and drain tanking capabilities. They shouldnt share the same items.
And to those that are going to mention " BUT MAGES ONLY CARE FOR BIG NUMBERS (ap specifically) HERP DERP", well riot can avoid this by making INTERESTING PASSIVES. By making us CHOOSE what items we want to build not like the lost chapter shitfest that we currently have (you go seraphs if you are anivia, ryze, cass, signed or ez. You should always never pick glp because its pure garbage UNLESS you really need the extra mana and you cant wait for seraphs.. And you pick ludens when you cant buy seraphs).
Here's an example, if you hit someone that is close to you with one of your spells , you gain (lets say in our case) a stack that increases your armour by y (max stacks being x). The item would also have generally stats that increase mostly the survivability. As such champs that want to deal dmg wont want to buy it most of the times. And in order to avoid (or at least deter) tanks from buying it, they could make it to have a limitation of some sort. Like warmongs. Like, in order for the passive to work, you need to have 150 ap at least or something like that.
wildfox998 votessomething like the old AP 
just melee or low range mages would get it since the aura had a limited range
kinda like now 
is better on ranged champions since they won't get hit often so its passive will be up more often
adding some item with some INTeresting passive/actives wouldn't be too bad,especially when some AD items like 
have a wall of text only for describing their 2/3 passives
LTK KoRo3 votesHey, not trying to be rude, but i have a question.
Why do you believe mages should be favored in matchups vs assassins? Or maybe another way, why mages should be able to survive full assassin combo only with item purchases?
Warlord Rhinark20 votes
add this to SR.
Ahpe13 votesJust give mages their equivalent to a 
or 
.
EDIT: Nvm I'm dumbass, bad idea.
Terozu1 votesIts called
Witch of Babylon1 voteswhat
Selegun12 votesIf you are hurting that bad for armor why not build a 
?
With the Trancendance rune it makes the item give you 40 AP once you over cap CDR so you are only sacrificing a bit of early game to make it functional.
Drakath200229 votesIf you are hurting that bad for armor why not build a
With the Trancendance rune it makes the item give you 40 AP once you over cap CDR so you are only sacrificing a bit of early game to make it functional.
if you think building god damn frozen heart on a mage equals even one ad/defensive item assassins get to build i fail to see how you dont see this isnt ok.........
Selegun4 votesThe OP asked for an armor item with AP. Can you please point out where that had to be equivalent in his post?
Considering you can plan ahead for frozen heart you could cap out at even 52 AP from the item with an Archangel Staff.
Drakath20025 votesThe OP asked for an armor item with AP. Can you please point out where that had to be equivalent in his post?
Considering you can plan ahead for frozen heart you could cap out at even 52 AP from the item with an Archangel Staff.
your suggesting a mage to buy an item that grants armor, mana and a passive that reduces AS, but no AP at all unless you are running a specific rune that will only kick in later than a mage would like, while AD champions have two options that give them both AD and MR at the same time, one of them grants a magic shield too while the other breaks CC which many mages not only have but sometimes need to lock down an assassin before they die
Selegun3 votesYes, that is what I'm suggesting. Having so much trouble that you need more armor should be enough of a clue that you are not ment to be winning the early game anyway. Most mages are far better suited to dispachting minions anyway so taking the time to keep your tower healthy and the assassin from getting an easier kill will keep your team in an over all better spot.
Tahminatrix 7 votesif you think building god damn frozen heart on a mage equals even one ad/defensive item assassins get to build i fail to see how you dont see this isnt ok.........
He never said that was as good as the ad options, but it is still a half decent option compared to anything else you can buy as a mage, the mana from that item can be weaponized by seraph`s embrace not to mention the cdr being great aswell….
3x4 (400 mana, 3% mana conversion to ap) = 12 ap from mana
12 + 40 (provided that you have full cdr already) = 52 ap total
That's not bad for an item that gives 100 armor and even if you don't have full cdr , frozen heart will make up for it and fill that stat for you...
Selegun6 votesThat is what I was thinking. As long as you are willing to plan around needing that much armor in the short term it doesn't cripple you nearly as much as refusing to adapt and waiting for a patch that has no real reason to have an item catered to you.
LordGeovanni2 votesExcept that by refusing to adapt riot will then say lower winrate we can buff them not that mages have a particularly low winrate versus a class that is supposed to counter squishy ranged champions which is exactly what mages are classified as even though they have more hp than anyone else on average.
Selegun2 votesSo you are advocating a demonstration of intentional lack of skill in the hopes it makes mages easier to play? Holy balls I hope I'm reading that wrong.
LordGeovanni2 votesNot advocating it But rather that This is what damage carry classes do cry that they die to fast refuse to drop damage to get defense they want more defense without dropping damage or want other champions nerfed because they die more quickly than they like when they want to. They want to live longer without dropping damage despite their classes (adcs, Assassins, and mages) specifically being labled as squishy.
Bjørnetjenesten3 votes100 armor used to be good, now its worthless trash stat since everyone has true dmg.
Beatrice falls14 votesWhy don't you build 
on an adc or assassin
TheKingOfBiches4 votesBecause that dosnt give you ad?
Rathar Dashing7 votes
says otherwise
Selegun2 voteslol, I actually forgot about him since I've yet to pick him up. As a side question, does Titanic Hydra count his HP or does his passive prevent that?
ApollyonBainer2 votesIf you are hurting that bad for armor why not build a
With the Trancendance rune it makes the item give you 40 AP once you over cap CDR so you are only sacrificing a bit of early game to make it functional.
I would try it if I wouldnt get flamed for trolling [zombie-brand-facepalm]
Selegun2 votesFlamed for trolling or flamed for inting, that's the no win scenario of why we let Korea think of all our builds.
ApollyonBainer1 votesFlamed for trolling or flamed for inting, that's the no win scenario of why we let Korea think of all our builds.
No just flamed for building on a mage. Honestly I would scoff at my own teammate for building something like that on a mage. but then again what do I know.
Selegun1 voteslol, a difference of values then. I would much rather see a weird/bad build than a double digit death score on my team.
ApollyonBainer1 voteslol, a difference of values then. I would much rather see a weird/bad build than a double digit death score on my team.
With me theres a possability you could see both waka waka
Selegun2 votesTrue enough. Practice is always a deciding factor after all.
Rexxiee8 votesYes, mages arent totally seeing play bot lane in 2 roles and some mid lane.
We need mages to also take over the rest of the map because the are "so weak".
Nyarlathοtep5 votesLOL. Meanwhile a total of 3 mages are ones that go bot most of the time and are meta (vlad,swain, heimer) doesnt equal the whole mage roaster.
Crescent Dusk5 votesAnd Vlad and Swain go bot to begin with because they perform horribly in mid against both assassins and longer range mages during laning. Vlad's horrendous wave pushing early game is what makes bot lane mitigate the issue far more as you get help from the support in not getting pushed into turret.
AceGeo6 votesDo you remember Tank 
?
Sherogarth5 votesLet me present to you the Hextech Magnet-Laucher v2!
Hextech Magnet-Laucher v2
+70 Ability Power +50 Armor +10% Cooldown Reduction (?)
Unique – Cold Steel: When hit by basic attacks, cripples source's attack speed by 15% for 1 second. Unique Active - Magnet Bolt: fires a magnet bolt in a stright line (skillshoot), magent bolt deals 100 - 200 (based on level) (+ 30% AP) (+ 30% Bonus Armor) magic damage to the target hit. Enemy champions hit by magnet bolt are Grounded for 4s. (40 second cooldown, shared with other Hextech items).
Builds from:
+
+ 800g Total gold cost: 2850g
Bjørnetjenesten4 votesYou should make this into a seperate post, this is really nice, i like the grounded active to counter assassins.
DorkunedAuras3 votesSo, core item on Malphite. The bonus armour ratio alone makes him drool. Along with Rammus and Taric.
Shablagoo2 votesSo op, thats 100 armor with zhonyas and a ridiculous passive, anivia at level 10 has 52 armor, thats 152 armor at level ten with those items, thats pretty much juggernaut armor. Plus with the amount of health mage items give it would be to much. Make it 30.
ChaddyFantome2 votesLet me present to you the Hextech Magnet-Laucher v2!
fucking broken
BLACK REALM GOD5 votes
damage + armor
abilities + armor
these are the only two items that give raw damage or ability power and armor.
then there are armor+ items that give other things alongside armor.
damage + magic resist
damage + magic resist
abilities + magic resist
abilities + magic resist
there are other items that grant things that can increase your amount of magic resist and grant you the ability to deal more damage, but raw stats wise these are the only 4.
so it's obvious there are a lot of gaps, but it's not because of there being too few items. it's because the items we do have are super niche for the most part.
Beacon Academy2 votesLets not forget Nullifying Orb as well...
Not to mention 
can produce a magic shield and 
gives AD and buys you some time to heal off the physical damage vamp also provided by this one single item.
And if you depend on landing CC, 
, 
, and 
also exist...
The only thing that seems equal to both sides is bone plating.
BLACK REALM GOD3 votes[{quoted}](name=Beacon Academy,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=xkKj8jju,comment-id=00130000,timestamp=2018-07-29T02:11:26.890+0000)
Lets not forget Nullifying Orb as well...
Not to mention
And if you depend on landing CC,
The only thing that seems equal to both sides is bone plating.
...did you even read my entire comment?
Hensetsu4 votes
cucks 
but I see a lot of mages going 
first instead. [zombie-brand-facepalm]
Also hardcucks Talon and Zed. Time it right and you deny their ultimates.
There is also 
. That's a lot of health options right there.
A +5 armor buff would be nice though.
Thilmer5 votes
Yeah, why mages would want to have mana regeneration to not being forced to go to base every 3 minutes. It's such a mistery. [sg-lulu]
DorkunedAuras3 votesWell, if you're forced to go to base every 3 minute due to dying in lane...
Hensetsu2 votesBecause you would be dead every time you come into lane.
At least from my experience.
But hey, if you think Lost Chapter is actually a good rush item vs Zed than that's up to you.
Spirt Gun Yuske4 votesLol Zonya's single best armor item in the game
OtterlyLost3 votesSure, mages can have another armor item when ADCs can have half the number of defensive/offensive items that mages get. It must be hard, as a mage, to get an item that gives you a fat ass shield, tons of mana, CDR, and tons of AP(
) or to have an item that gives you MR, a spell shield, AP, and CDR () or to have an item that gives you health, AP, and % health damage() or to have an item that gives armor, AP, CDR, and a nifty little statis active to protect against burst().
Its very hard to be a mage and survive in this kind of meta with all of these defensive + offensive items. I know.
Rathar Dashing6 votesDon't pretend like there isn't an AD version of all those items you listed.
OtterlyLost3 votes[{quoted}](name=Rathar Dashing,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=xkKj8jju,comment-id=000a0000,timestamp=2018-07-28T18:35:10.987+0000)
Don't pretend like there isn't an AD version of all those items you listed.
There aren't though? GA is not comparable to Zhonya's; its less damage, less defense, and has a far longer CD. Mercurial Scimitar is not comparable to Banshee's; you have to activate it, its less MR, AGAIN a lower CD, and less damage There is nothing AD champions can get that compares to Seraph's; Muramana is only used by Ezreal as he's the only champion capable of using it well. And I'm sorry but do either of the LW items give a shitton of health and % health damage? I think not.
Mages get to literally be off tanks with their builds and that's insane and frustrating to me because they already have abilities in their kits intended for self peel. Why do they also get great defensive+offensive options. This didn't even touch on the large amount of health that are on these items. RoA+Liandry's+Rylai's is 1100 health by themselves with decent amounts of AP. How is this even remotely fair? Why do mages get to end up basically as off tanks?
