User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Item Concept) Hybrid Items Must Die!/@comment-3578129-20140620162034/@comment-1330314-20140622004548

Jack of all trades applies to fighters in the sense that they combine tankiness and damage. That does not mean they specialize in hybrid damage, or should in any way.

I also fully agree that choice is a must, which is one of the reasons why I think hybrid items need to change: currently, you can go full AD or AP, and choose a hybrid build of your choice through pure AD and AP items. Essentially, you have all of your options open. Hybrid items, on the other hand, force you to build hybrid, and are also forcing down the scalings of some champions who benefit a lot from them. The prime example is, whose scalings are forced down by and so is forced to buy the item to scale well. Turning hybrid items into pure AP/AD items would not remove any variety at all, since you'd still be able to go hybrid if you wanted. In fact, you'd have even more variety, since those items would become attractive to pure AD or AP builds and would therefore be worth building on more than just a handful of champions.