How to not forget your active items
Many items in League Of Legends have active effects which can be cast like normal spells.
Those active effects increase the gold efficiency of an item, if they are used and the base stats of those items often have a gold efficiency below 100%. So not using the active effect is wasted gold.
How can I get myself into using the actives of items?
Best Answer
Binding the item to an ability key feels short sighted, it will help you on that specific champion but won't solve your overall problem. The key trick is to always assign the item to the same slot and then practice using it as part of your main combo.
For example I always put sightstone/wards in slot 5. Trinkets as slot 4. Defensive items as 3 offensive items as 1. Now train to using that item and including it as part of your combo. When you Crowstorm in as Fiddlesticks you're running and positioning and casting your other spells but you will automatically Zhonyas when the time comes because it's part of that combo and you are ready to do it.
Equally an assassin that opens with BotRK, or a Darius or Talon that includes a Hydra activation in their combo - just by having that combination and using it repeatedly you will learn to use more and more.
The biggest improvements I've seen in my own play is just coming from playing champions that use items a lot and then trying to remember to use them and kicking myself if I forget!
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