Originally Posted by Volandum

Are you aware that a nerf for Blackfire torch is already planned and being executed?

Originally Posted by Quintic

To add a little bit of math, here's the stat breakdown of Blackfire Torch and Wooglet's Cap.

Blackfire Torch
+250 Health
+70 AP
+20 Magic Penetration
+15% Cooldown Reduction
+Passive Burn

To break down the costs, we can figure out how much each point of statistics is worth. For AP and Health, we can look at the most expensive basic item divided by it's cost.


Giant's Belt - 430 Health - 1110 Gold

This comes out to roughly ~2.58 gold per health.


Needlessly Large Rod - 80 AP - 1600 Gold

This comes out to 20 gold per AP.


Now we need Cooldown Reduction, where the purest form of it comes from Boots.

Boots of Speed - 350 Gold.
+50 Movement Speed

So each point of Movement Speed costs 7 Gold.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity - 1050 Gold.
+70 Movement Speed
+15% Cooldown Reduction

Replacing Movement Speed gives us:

Ionian Boots of Lucidity - 1050 Gold.
+70 (7 Gold) = 490 Gold
+15% Cooldown Reduction

Which leaves 560 Gold for Cooldown Reduction. Each point of Reduction costs ~37.3 Gold.


Similar to Cooldown Reduction, the easiest way to obtain flat Magic Penetration is also boots.


Sorcerer's Shoes - 1100 Gold
+70 Movement Speed
+20 Magic Penetration

Substituting Movement Speed gives us


Sorcerer's Shoes - 1100 Gold
+70 (7 Gold) = 490 Gold
+20 (Magic Penetration)

That leaves 610 Gold for Magic Penetration, giving us about 30.5 Gold per Magic Penetration.

Now, we can combine all of these into the Blackfire Torch, and see how much the Passive costs.

Blackfire Torch - 2950 Gold
+70 (20 Gold) = 1400 Gold
+250 (2.58 Gold) = 645 Gold
+15 (37.3 Gold) = 559.5 Gold
+20 (30.5 Gold) = 610 Gold
+ Passive: Burn

The stats alone amount to 3214.5 Gold, which means you don't pay a thing for the Passive. In fact, the Passive would have a negative value, meaning it's just bonus in an item that's already highly cost efficient for the amount of stats one slot gives. This, compounded with the fact that the AP can be multipled by Masteries and Wooglets, plus having the capacity to sit on a Kage's Lucky Pick, gives an extreme amount of power for relatively little cost.

TL;DR

Torch is hyper cost effective. The stats alone make up for the price, the passive costs nothing, it's a one slot wonder with every stat you could want on a caster. There is currently no reason to rush anything else.

If anyone disagrees with my math, please let me know. I'll do Wooglet's next.

Originally Posted by RiotNome

BFT is already getting a nerf. You knew that! But Wooglet's is not, and I've yet to see a compelling argument for its removal/remake aside from it being too stat-efficient--which is the whole point of the item. It's still built out of NLR, which is a huge chunk of gold you'll need to save up on Dominion (meanwhile, those bruisers have Phage+ already). It was clear with S2 that most mages were unable to compete given SR's level of gold efficiency on their items, so both Wooglet's and BFT are intended to address this issue. Neither item was balanced for S3 though--they were made in isolation, though both should fit in quite well given the similar design direction for all upcoming items.