Boots of Mobility on Mid-Lane APs?

Archive post, February 2012. Mobility Boots aren't purchasable on Summoner's Rift any more. The out-of-combat speed they sold now lives on the Symbiotic Soles line, which upgrades itself as you walk and finishes at Forever Forward with 45 movement speed and 8% more while you're out of combat. Two other things date the post. The camp it calls wraiths is the Raptor camp, and Riot rebuilt Sion from the ground up in 2014, so the champion the post was written about doesn't exist in that form. The idea holds up though. A mid laner who shoves the wave fast and then leaves is buying map pressure, whatever the boots are called that season.

Who Uses Mobo Boots?
Classically, only stealth characters like Eve, Twitch, and Shaco buy Boots of Mobility to increase their ganking power. However, recent FOTM has also given Sion Boots of Mobility to increase his roaming and ganking potentital as well.

Why Get Mobos?
The reason for getting boots of mobility is that they allow Sion to quickly run to wraiths or gank top/bottom after pushing mid lane's creep wave in.

Can this apply to other champions as well? I believe it can. Any champion that has a low CD/mana burst that lets you push in your wave quickly should also synergize well with boots of mobility. In solo queue, this lends itself to increasing your total gold (from jungle creeps) as well as providing you with a stronger control over the other two lanes with your roaming abilities.

These shoes were made for gankin'!

Late Game Mobos
Later in the game when more teamfights break out, you might decide to swap out your boots of mobility for some more classical choices like spellpen or tenacity boots.

Champions I've tried with boots of mobility that were a great success:

• Sion (naturally)
• Ziggs (gets in position faster with his ultimate to gank side lanes)
• Brand (easier to start the combo)
• Ryze (small range, big burst)
• Viktor (small range, easier to land his skills)
• Janna (same strategies)

Try it out and let me know what you think!