I feel like I wouldn’t mind hexdrinker shutting down burst much if it was an active, not a passive

In reality, I think items like Stopwatch/Zhonyas and Hexdrinker/Maw are cool design concepts that help you deal with both burst and sustained damage. However, zhonyas/stopwatch have clear skill expression whereas maw and hexdrinker do not. Once you pass that damage threshold, you automatically shutdown burst. There’s nothing wrong with items shutting down burst either, especially when you consider several burst patterns come from point and click spells. But as it’s been beat to death, that feels shitty. And honestly that’s really all I have, I think it’d just feel more reasonable as an active.