Talk:Graves/@comment-6301771-20131209153512/@comment-4698489-20140402131455

Because of how armor works, Brutalizer is best against low armor targets and thus is normally built as a snowball item for AD casters and bruisers. The reason ADCs don't normally build it is that it delays their core build of some combination of IE PD LW BT. Theoretically, an early Brutalizer that eventually builds into a Black Cleaver can work quite well on Graves, but LW outscales BC while being cheaper. Also, since Brutalizer is less effective the later you get it, you have to rush it if you're going to get it at all. So it comes down to whether you want the early game spike and kill potential from a rushed Brutalizer versus a faster completed BT and PD to have more of an impact in teamfights, earlier.