Talk:Blade of the Ruined King/@comment-4966790-20130402000648/@comment-5266525-20130413052829

Most ADCs will be better off rushing Bloodthirster first simply because they have AD-scaling abilities (like ) which don't benefit from the onhit health shred of BotRK. The few that don't have very good abilities beyond laning phase like Caitlyn or Ashe actually can rush this item if they want.

The reason it's still being rushed a lot on carries who really shouldn't be is simply because it was painfully overpowered in the short time before it was nerfed - it gave you equivocal DPS to a much more offensive IE/BT/PD combo while still having better sustain... and still not including the active self-peel. Everyone settled into the habit of abusing it while it lasted.