Talk:Mercurial Scimitar/@comment-4832742-20130719142347/@comment-5544574-20130720093429

Mercurial Scimitar is actually rather cost un-effective. There's little reason to get it unless the ADC wants the option to still have more AD while having some defensive stat. Because unlike Cleanse the active does not have a duration of "temporary-Tenacity", any following CC will be full effect.

When you have enough of a threat of CC to warrant Mercurial Scim. there's not actually a point to getting it because you really won't be able to effectively keep un-CCed.

However, a friend of mine used to rush Mercurial Scimitar should he be a melee jungler with good CC (like Udyr or Skarner) because of the active. The 50% MS boost was a nightmare for the enemy laners who couldn't react or clear enough space and the gank would be 90% successful.