Talk:Bloodthirster/@comment-5319740-20140627203617/@comment-14081808-20140628032134

No, we don't really. The few times that Kayle showed up in the LCS she was a monster to deal with late game. The ONE time Teemo came through there were mushrooms and death EVERYWHERE. Please try to make a better argument than "Top tier champs need more niche items to help them be more top tier".

And legendary/advanced items that would be gold efficient with just one stat would not be slot efficient. Riot just would not let that stand. BT is still gold efficient as it is (3400 for 2880(AD) + 1200(LS)) even without the passive; it's just not mega gold efficient (3200 for 3600(AD) + 1440(LS) worth of stats).

The purpose of generalization is to allow the use of the items to as many champions as possible so as not to push any champion into a situation where they are always the right choice. I'm sure that if items were any more specific, SOMEONE would take the time to crunch the numbers (that they do every time anything major happens) and figure out who is now the best to play because of damage and safety.

There are 3 Big AP items (DFG, deathcap, Zhonya), 3 AD (IE, BT, Mercurial), 4 Armor (Randuin, FH, Thorn, GA), 3 MR (BV, SV, GA), the list goes on... everything else is pretty much niche. And while it's all niche enough to not be one of the mains, everything can be useful enough to warrant picking up with the right champion. Not every champ should use Runaan's, but some can. Not every champ should run Liandry's, but some can. Not every champ should run Rageblade or Gunblade, but some can. And it's plenty right now.