Talk:Sivir/@comment-9048637-20140103214844/@comment-9048637-20140104224057

I wasn't arguing for getting a CDR item over a Zeal item; in fact, I explicitly disavowed that notion. Quite apart from the fact that there is a bit of a paucity of good CDR items for offensive AD champs, I agree that crit chance (and, I would argue no less important, mobility) is too important to pass up. Like I said, I get Ionian's as standard now, and run Sorcery rather than Fury, but beyond that... well, I guess the CDR thing is another reason that Black Cleaver can work instead of Last Whisper situationally on Sivir. But I agree that it doesn't actually have as much of an impact as you might expect it to. I was noting it as much for interest's sake as any practical application.

As for reliability - I do take your point. But I guess would my rebuttal would be that, if you're aiming to 'maximize' your gameplay with Sivir, you should be able to manage your mana effectively so that you'll always have mana for Ricochet (and that, you'll note, is what makes CDR effective for Sivir's DPS - so you can't miss with that either). So, in terms of theoretical optimal builds at least, CDR should be considered superior to AS when doing a straight comparison of the two stats on Sivir.