Talk:Pox Arcana/@comment-25932195-20150711023322/@comment-24385282-20150820015822

Stalker's Blade only provides a maximum of 164 True damage. While Runeglaive provides 50% more AD scaling between 2 uses than Lich Bane,  Lich Bane provies 40% more AP scaling in 2 uses. I'd say 40% of Veigar's AP would be far more than 211.5 damage, even if the damage from Chilling Smite is True and the Spellblade procs are magic. I don't think the slow nor movement speed bonus justify trading out so much damage (like, a few hundred at least), you'd kill marksmen way easier if you combined an E-W-Q combo with Lich Bane than Runeglaive and Chilling Smite, and you'd open up a slot for a potentially better summoner spell such as Ignite to finish off anyone whom your combo didn't quite kill or a defensive option since you're a relatively squishy immobile mage.

Besides, you should really never be using your ultimate to kill an ADC, you can pretty much oneshot an enemy APC with your ultimate and you should usually be able to kill an ADC with a quick combo of your basic abilities. Honestly it is probably better just to get more AP than a Spellblade item.