Talk:Essence Reaver/@comment-4840597-20140812191652

I think this item is both total garbage and hidden awesome at the same time.

Total garbage on basically anyone except a frequent casting bruiser as a core damage item. Getting this + wits end on weedwick for example, will solve his mana issues and give him considerable damage. The CDR works nicely, and life steal helps give him some longetivity in a teamfight which is his thing. Same combo on Udyr, same thing, except Udyr scales even better with the AD than weedwick. Same with poppy, but no wits end because thats silly.

Getting this item on any ADC is the most hilarious waste of gold ever. An adc would likely want a BT first, as the shield is incredibly good, giving around 800 gold worth of hp in the later fights, and has a pretty nice build path for the early game (good old BF sword spike in your first back.) After a BT an adc would likely want to get an AS item, likely Shiv or PD, depending on who they are playing. After this then you may be able to build an ER. Problem is, at this point your auto attacks are more dps than your abilities, and you shouldnt really be having mana problems anyway. If you are a mana dependant ADC like ezreal, '''you should have manamune. '''Since you need the mana early on mana dependant adcs this isnt really a viable choice, unless you get some mana regen early and sell it later - which is not ideal. Getting the mana regen from ER is pointless as, due to reasons I mentioned earlier, you dont need your abilities as much at that point of the game, and you really should be building an anti-tank item, or an IE to help push your damage into late game, before getting a few anti-assassin items to round off your build.

Tl;dr stop buying this item on adcs because it rustles my jimmies up good.