Riot HQ: Hey, Supports are becoming Relevant again, What should we do?
Riot Balance Team: Lets remove the Support items. You know, The ones with cool ass shit like SHield Battery, Or the whole +1 level early stuff, And replace the missions with the sightstone active.
Riot HQ: Ok, Sounds great, But then what about the sighstone builds?
Riot Balance Team: Oh, Lets remove Sighstone all together.
Riot HQ: Okay, But.. Why is this a problem? SHouldn't we want them to ward more early on?
Riot Balance Team: Yes, But we're doing it this way that way they dont take two slots for the ward item!
Riot HQ: But, Isn't that why we have those other Support items?
Riot Balance Team: Yes, But now we'll make it so they have those, And so supports will always have wards, Even if it wouldn't have been in their build path and they benefited more from the unique passives!
Riot HQ: Eh. We're high enough. Let it pass.