Talk:Blade of the Ruined King/@comment-1663379-20130304122129/@comment-60764-20130304211110

That really all depends, Frostypuff. Before it was situational, now it's mandatory. Removing the AS but not buffing the AD back would make it more useless than it was before.

In short, it is/was NOWHERE near as good as Madred's was, and Madred's had it's own problems due to how almost any amount of magic resist counter it. The problem is, now, that with everyone stacking Warmog's or other high stat/weakness removing items/carry countering items you get messes like THIS.

It REALLY feels like the way items have switched up/changed has hurt the game more than it's helped it. People are now countering with items, rather than with champions or skill. It's a horrendous mess.