Morellos evil tome, why its not used more?

[quote=unosnow]It seems this item is fairly cheap and meki pendant is a building item for it so it should be easy for a AP caster to rush this item if they start with meki, so im wondering why i dont see more casters rushing this item? The mana regen is decent enough on it that with runes+mastery you should be able to get by the rest of the game with just that for mana..... Also, the fendish codex is about 300g more then tear of the goddess which most people use as a alternative, but the codex gives 10% CDR and 30AP Any thought on this? The only answer i can come up with is that most people will build archangels staff and a banshee's viel so the % mana passive works out really well, but if you are not building banshee viel then how do you feel?[/quote]

[quote=Xenasis]Starting with a Meki Pendant is silly, really. You should be starting with a Doran's item (Ring for AP champions, naturally) or boots, Sapphire Crystal sometimes for a Catalyst on Anivia/Karthus. You shouldn't NEED any mana regeneration at all - if you have mana problems just get a Rod of Ages. The reason nobody uses it is because it's completely and utterly outclassed. You have unlimited mana and high CDR from blue buff anyway, factoring in runes and masteries, you are capped for most of the game. The only reason you'd want it was because of the CDR, it's AP is outclassed and you shouldn't need MP5 at all. Pure AP is just generally better than CDR anyway... What's better? - An Annie killing you in one bust An Annie taking away half of your health with a burst, then slowly chipping you down later on, giving you time to react and flash away Also, nobody builds Archangel's... It's a rarely used item that's only really viable on Karthus.[/quote]

[quote=JunSupport][[Meki Pendant]] is a great item to start with on some champions. If you're confident about avoiding enemy harass, and tend to cast a lot, you'll like having Meki Pendant to replenish your pool. But, that's got nothing to do with Evil Tome. I typically build [[Tear of the Goddess]] is I start with Meki pendant. [[Morello's Evil Tome]] is used plenty as well. It's just a niche item that only works on champions you want really low cooldowns and strong AP on. One good example is [[Orianna]] Morellos is a niche item also because it was made as an alternative to [[Deathfire's Grasp]]. This means some people who could use Morello's will opt for DFG instead. DFG has [[Kage's Pick]] in its recipe, a GP5 item, making it slightly more appealing when a user is faced with choosing between the two. Morello's Evil Tome is a decent item. It's just situational.[/quote]

[quote=Searz]And AP carries will reach 40% CDR with just masteries, blue buff and a blue pot.[/quote]

[quote=Jvstm]DFG is far superior to Morello's. That being said, I get it sometimes on support champions usually over DFG simply because support champions need to have higher focus on the entire fight whereas AP nukes just need to pay attention to half of it.[/quote]

[quote=SryImBad]Morello's is more of an overly priced core item. I sometimes use it on AP teemo or Lux but otherwise it's dead to me. TBH I've seen more Morellos used than I've ever seen a [[Moonflair Spellblade]].[/quote]

[quote=Xenasis][quote=Searz] And AP carries will reach 40% CDR with just masteries, blue buff and a blue pot. [/quote] Pretty much this. And as I've mentioned before - You don't need the AP from it because it gives a minimal amount, you don't need the regeneration from it because of blue buff/rod of ages. Morello's is outclassed, simply put.[/quote]

[quote=JunSupport][quote=Searz] And AP carries will reach 40% CDR with just masteries, blue buff and a blue pot. [/quote] Blue buff isn't always available. Blue pot isn't always affordable. Sometimes, you're just behind and need to work on items or someone deserves blue more then you. Like I said, it's a niche item. You won't always be looking to buy it, but there are scenarios where it's a good item.[/quote]

[quote=Metalsonic][quote=JunSupport] [[Meki Pendant]] is a great item to start with on some champions. If you're confident about avoiding enemy harass, and tend to cast a lot, you'll like having Meki Pendant to replenish your pool. But, that's got nothing to do with Evil Tome. I typically build [[Tear of the Goddess]] is I start with Meki pendant. [[Morello's Evil Tome]] is used plenty as well. It's just a niche item that only works on champions you want really low cooldowns and strong AP on. One good example is [[Orianna]] Morellos is a niche item also because it was made as an alternative to [[Deathfire's Grasp]]. This means some people who could use Morello's will opt for DFG instead. DFG has [[Kage's Pick]] in its recipe, a GP5 item, making it slightly more appealing when a user is faced with choosing between the two. Morello's Evil Tome is a decent item. It's just situational. [/quote] Well I sometimes use Morello's Evil tome on Vladimir as 6th item . Why ? Having a very low cooldown on Q and E really buffs up your DPS and blue might be very rare to get if you went solo top and had an AP mid. Still it is outclassed by other stuff on vlad like sorceror shoes , hextech revolver / will of the ancients , rabadons deathcap , rylais crystal scepter and zonya's hourglass . It can be useful but is very situational . It is also useful on 3 vs 3 I guess for orianna / vlad ...... You only really get morello's tome if you need CDR and high AP , which is good for champs like orianna / vladimir .[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=JunSupport] [quote=Searz] And AP carries will reach 40% CDR with just masteries, blue buff and a blue pot.[/quote] Blue buff isn't always available. Blue pot isn't always affordable. Sometimes, you're just behind and need to work on items or someone deserves blue more then you. Like I said, it's a niche item. You won't always be looking to buy it, but there are scenarios where it's a good item.[/quote] Well, I was just adding that to what you said.[/quote]