Talk:Mercurial Scimitar/@comment-98.196.163.6-20121231054022/@comment-131.151.141.44-20130323050018

Ok here's what happens. We pretend the ADC's are basically on even footing at 5 item bulds, realtively even game, reasonable team comps with normal builds on both sides. It's like you're fighting shadow link. Anyway you buy a merc scim and he buys another BT. We will ignore for now the fact that his item is cheaper, so he could also get a red elixer and blue elixer or a red elixer and most of an oracles. We can also ignore the +18% lifesteal, as we'll see shortly. The only important thing here is the +40 damage he gets from a fully stacked bt, amplified by attack speed and crit chnce and damage from an IE and PD.

This is full build, remember? At least we can maybe agree that as an ADC this item would NEVER be viable to rush in any way ahead of your other items. So lets look at different ways a teamfight can turn out. Firstly, if either adc gets a good enough position where they can shred a team without getting dove we can agree that that team will win. In a case where both adcs are in this situation the BT ADC will win because of higher damage. By the end of the game the average adc will be looking at 190 (base) +100(bt)+ 70(ie) +40(lw)+30 (runes and masteries)+60(merc scim)=490. Then to take the 55% chance to do 250% thorugh crits into account: 490*(1*0.45+2.55*0.55)= 1.8525*490=907.725 average damage per attack, before armor, penetration, and other considerations (yes you get an 85% damage amp from crits with IE PD and the 2 mastery points). Now this assumes equal attack speed and no crit buff (no trist, cait, nunu). If you use 490+40=530 for your base AD, because you were smart and bought a BT instead of a merc scim, you end up with 981.825 avg phys damage per AA, a 8.16% improvement. The improvements from the havoc (2% damage) and the executioner (+5% damage for half the bar, at the very least 2.5%) will increase the damage lead the BT ADC has over his opponent. Also, because the executioner 5% will kick in sooner, the time to kill a target is brought down more quickly as well. Then you get to the +18% lifesteal.

If you're a real ADC, in the current game, you know which item you'll pick every time. Look at genja. |:[ just look at him |:[. He gets 2 BTs. He loves pringles, and damage. What do you love? some weak defense? are you playing 30/0/0 adc with no armor runes or are you a weak child, is basically the question every adc should ask themself