User blog comment:PegasEVinhoVerde/Spirit Visage on adc/@comment-4022742-20130730155622/@comment-4921386-20130801013829

I never said you couldn't buy it, I simply said that you're not reaping the benefits of the item. You lose the hexdrinker shield, which was very useful, and can't access the tenacity, which isn't very effective on Ranged carries anyway. Upgrading to Maw of Malmortius grants significantly more AD up front, more when lower on health (granted, not particularly great for carries since its difficult to maintain their health pool at anything other than full/empty levels), and an extra 15 MR, for about 400 gold more. Yes, if you're dying to have a very small amount of Magic resist and critical strike chance on the same item, you can buy spellbreaker. But seeing as a zeal upgrade and IE is a staple in nearly every ranged carry's build, I really doubt they *NEED* that crit chance. Besides, its more effective to build raw AD at that point to make use of the crit at that point. And if they really need the magic resist, Maw of Malmortius is the much better option from a hexdrinker route, or they could simply build the newly buffed GA, Banshee's Veil, etc.

For that rare situation where you really want critical strike chance and a small amount of MR, this is your go-to item. In every other scenario, I'd leave it to the melee bruisers/carries to make use of this.