Originally Posted by Huudi

it's like marketing, buying in bulk will always have more of a discount because it's more of an investment and requires more money. If the BW was the same amount, then you would have no decision-making process about whether to wait, or buy it right away

Originally Posted by Reathien

Pro Tip, The blasting want is used for some very high up powerful items (Deathcap/Rylai's/Rod of ages) where the NLR is used for only 2 items. Making BW cheaper would in turn lower the cost of these more powerful items making them easier to attain right off the bat, and PS< you shouldnt be blindly stacking these stats anyhow, never will you need TWO blasting wands at any one time, its smarter to build say a RoA for hp/mana or maybe a Rylai's for the slow, but actually think about what your going to do with the base item, not just the base item itsself.