Seriously, title says it all, but it annoying and a bit broken for items on champions that aren't on the board, but on the bench, for their items to still activate. Had an opponent who had kindred with ionic spark sitting on their bench but their ionic spark was still activating and damaging my champions when they used abilities. If riot doesn't fix this, then might as well use it. It's complete bs, imo.
I mean, while it should be fixed.. There's basically no reason to ever do it. You're not getting the stats from the item, and your champs aren't all fully equipped - The item would be much better used on a character actually on the board.
Yes, it's a bugged mechanic that deserves a fix. Unfair advantage though? Not particularly - They're losing out on stats by doing it. The only advantage it offers is that the champion with the item can't be killed, meaning it's always in play - But putting it on your "Safest"/Least likely to die champion would serve basically the same purpose, while still offering the stats from the item.
