does anyone else miss ionic spark?

Because Statikk is totally not an attack speed item that has an electric effect on hit?

Me too. It had a different feel to it and was stronger for non marksmans.

It was so magical ...

Why would you miss Ionic Spark? It was an awkward item - it added health, but gave attack speed and an on-hit affect. ADC's couldn't buy it because it didn't give significant damage. Tanks couldn't buy it because the health it gave was too low compared to other tank/bruiser items.

The only champion I ever saw build it was Teemo and we all know that a dead teemo is about as useful as he gets. (JK, I <3 Teemo, but you get my joke. Laugh or I will be upset.)

Shyv fits in so much better. It is a miniature version of PD, but you sacrifice some atk speed/crit chance to gain an on-hit, wave clear effect. It flows well with an adc build or a bruiser build (depending on the bruiser - ex: shaco). Obviously not every adc or bruiser can or will build it, but it fits into the game much better than Ionic nightmare ever did.

i have to agree with HitYouInTheFace, shyv is just more useful. spark was a nice item but it needed to get worked so it had a sufficient place in the game.