Elixir of Iron - Mid/Late Game Viability
I came up with a cool idea in the middle of a game earlier today. Playing MF with 4 items completed and Soul was spawning in 1 min. I was sitting on 800g and I figured the next fight could be game deciding (spoiler, it was.) I was weighing my options of a control ward, executioner’s, crit cloak, etc. I couldn’t see much value in another component so I was rereading the elixir’s description: “Grants 300 bonus health, 25% Tenacity and 15% increased size for 180 seconds. While active, moving leaves behind a path briefly that grants 15% bonus movement speedto allied champions within”
I mainly focused on the +300 bonus health and thought about how much survivability that with be Barrier, which would be a 375hp shield. I ended up buying it and popped it mid fight as I baited the enemy Yone. We secured Soul, and I barely survived the teamfight all thanks to the Iron pot. I rewatched the VOD and I can confirm my hp went from 350 to 650 in an instant. Made me think of the old days of going top lane with a red pot level 1 lol.
Even if I got ignited or tagged by something with Grievous, the HP bonus wouldn’t be affected since it’s not a heal and basically a Level 1 Lulu Ult. I would say it’s similar to when mages don’t have enough money for a Seeker’s or a Needless so they go for Elixir of Sorcery. I recall Showmaker doing this one time at Worlds when he was playing Syndra. Has anyone else done this or considered this mid-late game as a squishy?
I haven’t seen this done in pro-play or from any streamers so I figured I’d ask yall. I think it’s most relevant when you play a bot-laner because you have an extra item slot with quest completion. If you were sitting with 900g, you could technically buy a Giant’s belt for the +350 hp and then sell it later for net loss of -270g but I haven’t seen anyone do that either.