Talk:Kayle/@comment-77.100.244.225-20120901173109/@comment-2124153-20120903191208

^ It's a little unfair to call Gunblade "weak". It's not optimal as a rushed item, and it's not generally as good for the team as the other Revolver option (WotA), but when you already have your Rageblade + some AS from other sources, it is fine to build.

The active is not redundant. Firstly, the slow is stronger, longer range, and travels more quickly than Reckoning. They also stack: GB's 50% slow combines with a reduced Q slow for an effective ~56% reduced speed during the time that they overlap. Finally, the active adds magic damage, which is amped by Reckoning (300 -> 330 base), and covers up one of Kayle's shortcomings: burst damage.

While the spell vamp isn't amazing, it does self-synergize with the active as well as vamp 100% on Reckoning. Spell vamp also works on both the AP ratio and the AD splash portion of Righteous Fury, and while it's at the 33% reduced AOE rate, the healing does add up when you are splashing hundreds of damage in a fight. No replacement for 1k crits with lifesteal, but still serviceable sustain.

I consider WotA to be better, since it gives basically the same AP/vamp as Gunblade without paying 1100g extra for the ad/lifesteal/active, plus the always-useful team aura, but there are situations where I'd get the GB and not think twice about it.