User blog comment:ClariS/A Buff for Melee Carries/@comment-91.150.143.133-20130129100942/@comment-4881935-20130129205305

first off, your statement with better ratios makes no sense on what you are trying to argue. The change in the item is lowering the AD and armor pen, this does not help the burst at all. It makes it worst. Second off, three of the four champions that are actually melee carries have poor AD scaling. their only form of scaling is through auto-attacks. THe only one is Fiora and even then, her's isn't even that strong.

Their sustain DPS only makes a difference is if they stick around long enough to make it worth it. They are dependent on auto-attaks and I will tell you this, countering auto-attacks is more easier than counter someone's spells. You have more options available to counter auto-attacks, with armor and attack speed slows (Exhaust, FH and Omen are extremely effective against them).

Overall, the change I did is not increasing their damage output by a lot. In the end game, the end result is still more or less the same. It's just cheaper so people can grab it quicker.

Next, since they are in melee range, running a champion like them is always way more risky as they are way more easier to focus, unlike the ranged champion. Honestly, the risk of running them over a ranged champion should grant them more benefits, but I highly doubt they will replaced ranged champions because that range is extremely useful.

Lastly, why the heck do you even think this change will make them automatically all tanky. This item by itself is not going to anything like that. At best, it will replace the one item they were using to grab AS, and after that, their build would be the exact same. If they were already grabbing tanky items, then this won't make any difference.