Morellonomicon Out optioning other items and should be nerfed.

So you nerf all ap items but you give the mages that for return. Look at it's stats. It gives the highest mana durability for early game. easy ,cheap and useful recipe. 100 ap , 20% cdr low price . and ofcourse, a basic item like that must have grevious wound passive to reduce healing. as it's not a strategic option like for ad champions you have to buy which is 800 gold worth and gives 15 ad only and shouldn't be completed to full item early game .

Try to compare to any other ap item You will find that it out options all ap items for mages with mana usage. (not kata or akali) gives similar ap but over time. recipe is harder to buy. give no cdr% . gives similar ap but much harder to buy, give no mana durability or cdr. shouldn't never be bought as first item . If you look at the math it out options any other item and it also have the grevious wound to make it more and more remarkable item.

Also not to mention that other roles has nothing like that.

What made be like that is nerfing other items. had 100 ap now it's 75 even was 120 now it's 100 used to give 100 now 70 etc.. the mage update.

What i suggest is either reduce it's ap to like 80 or remove the grevious wound from it maybe give some defensive stats or more mana durability to the item in return but put the grevious wound in another item that's is optional strategic choice to buy. not a basic must buy item Then it might compete with other builds. I just don't like fixed build paths or fixed first items. Even if you try to be creative you find you wont find any better first item than