User blog comment:Rulebladeraysawa/Why trinity force isnt "core" on GP/@comment-71.17.134.109-20120830194032

dude, the reason the tri force is "core" is becasue the slow on the phage. it AND his passive are applied on his q. after grabbing only the sheen and phage, you can push many tops out of lane by just spamming q. When they try to run away, you use e and walk up and auto attack to stack your passive more and apply more phage hits. its scary. of course crit will hand out more damage by getting pd, ie and atmogs, but that is about 13k gold, if anyone hands you by mid game that they deserve to lose. By rushing pd, you'll die a lot in lane phase.

If you want consistency, you should be getting tri force. its crit that is unreliable in lane.