Tear of the Goddess

[quote=ThePreserver]Hopefully this is the right thread to post this. My first post on the forums after all. So, I was looking at the item [[Tear of the Goddess]], since it's in my build for quite a few champions I use, and I noticed the passive max mana gain per 8 seconds. It doesn't say on the item, so I was wondering, is this capped? Or is the passive max mana gain infinite? I always build this into an [[Archangel's Staff]] or [[Manamune]] so I never even noticed that I was passively gaining that mana for a short period, and that when I upgraded to [[Seraph's Embrace]] or [[Muramana]], it stopped. Also, that brings me to another thing -- I have [[Strength of Spirit]], because of the good sustain it gives me for midmages ([[Lissandra]], for example), and That got me thinking about just keeping an un-upgraded [[Tear of the Goddess]] -- what would that amount to? Would the game ever last long enough for the mana gain to show a considerable increase in HP regeneration? I guess what I have pictured in my head is a mid-laner carrying one of these for the entire game and coming out of teamfights recharging to full health in less than 30 seconds. While that's outlandish, surely some champion could exploit this, right?[/quote]

[quote=XeresAce]It's capped :P Caps at 750 bonus mana, at which point it stops working. Either way, the stats you get from [[Seraph's Embrace]] or [[Muramana]] far outweigh that punny additional HP regen you might hypothetically get from [[strength of spirit]], even if you had 6000 bonus mana xD[/quote]

[quote=ThePreserver]So, a fully developed [[Tear of the Goddess]] grants you 1750 additional mana, then? (+250 for the item, +750 for the +4 mana per spell cast or mana expenditure, +750 for the passive +1 mana per 8 seconds) Correct me if I'm wrong, here. EDIT: [Derp] I just realized, they're combined, so each +1 mana per 8 seconds contributes to the +4 mana per expenditure cap.[/Derp][/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard]The +4 mana per cast and +1 mana per 8 seconds fill the same pool. It gives 1000 mana at full stacks.[/quote]

[quote=ThePreserver]Thank you @PsiGuard, you confirmed my recent realization. Well I guess that makes everything else moot. Thanks for satiating my curiosity![/quote]

[quote=Sandrino Rhys]However, there is a pretty neat (although completely useless) think about that passive: It stacks. So if you have 6 [[tear of the goddess]]s, you get +6 mana per 8 seconds. The +4 mana per cast, however, does not stack. So the fastest method of charging a [[tear of the goddess]] is with an [[Archangel's Staff]] and 5x [[tear of the goddess]]. Obviously that's a very big waste of gold and completely impractical, but, well, there you go. If you ever wanted to get 5x[[Seraph's Embrace]] and 1x[[muramana]] on [[ryze]] in a custom game, now you can do it a little bit faster...[/quote]