Just out of curiosity... can you think of a single champion this was a 'bad buy' for...?
It hadn't really trickled down to all elo's yet (though I suspect that it would have), but this item provided so much early game survivability and paid for itself by mid-game. "Must Buys" are bad for the game, and many of the support champions that were getting it (the item's intended 'demographic') can now get health from other items.
I'm not saying it's not missed- I'm trying to explain some of the thought behind the change.
I miss HoG
It hadn't really trickled down to all elo's yet (though I suspect that it would have), but this item provided so much early game survivability and paid for itself by mid-game. "Must Buys" are bad for the game, and many of the support champions that were getting it (the item's intended 'demographic') can now get health from other items.
I'm not saying it's not missed- I'm trying to explain some of the thought behind the change.