Talk:Phantom Dancer/@comment-67.6.34.239-20130104043346/@comment-5587704-20130110123639

Shiv is smaller than PD wich makes it easier to have a balanced dps. If you have PD, BT, IE your dps is good and stuff, but how are you going to build it? BT first? You severely lack crit and AS. PD first? You lack AD. So if you want to be able to fight equaly with other champs you had to combine smaller components, and Shiv, by being rather small item, lets you balance dps and recive some premium stats for completing an item. And that Shiv proc is like a sheen proc for carries, gives some extra burst basicaly for free.