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Offer? I guess you mean why lose 10% crit damage, 2 armor penetration and 6% extra damage when enemy is below 40% health; and exhange that for mana (Not mana regen!)
Those 3 mana points are VERY important, specially mid-game, when you really want to shine. This'll mean 120 mana more, and that's one more combo of your E+Q. Or a free ultimate. Or 2~3 more Q's... etc.
What do I lose?
To be honest, I also want the mana regen from the support route, but I'd need another 4 points for that. That means giving up on all Armor penetration from masteries and 1% life steal. Not worth it.
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Please note that as assasin, I'll go right into the enemy team, so I need sustain, as I cannot depend on my ultimate 100% to survive. Remember we want to use it to kill, and as soon as we kill,the ultimate wears off. While my passive is great versus Nukes, its not so much versus mage DPS such as Vlad's, Ahri's, Ryze's, Cassiopea's...
Getting the Maw takes me to 81 MR (44,75% reduction, much more) and also gives me a rather big shield. It also gives me tons of damage.
At this point, I need damage, a lot, so if I don't get the Maw, I guess I'd go for either BT or IE. Both are viable (more IE, in my opinion) but grant me no sustain. This means I'll need some MR item later, and I will fall behind in health. So my last two items would be warmog + angel's, but that makes me do so much less damage, or Frozen mallet + Force of nature, which is viable but again not as damaging.
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