User blog comment:The5lacker/The crit stacking meta: Why this needs to stop/@comment-4593717-20130408141416/@comment-7923992-20130408151510

dagger is most likely the worst choice as starting item...

10% won't let you get one more AA in on a short trade

if you want   to take an offensive starter with pots go for longsword 2 pots : 10 AD on skills and AA is MUCH stronger early on

a doran can do the job too with    supports who can heal a bit

boots is meh, honestly   1 more pot over longsword and 25 ms do not justify losing 10 AD , that's like 15 %  AD loss  at level 1 for   25/350 ms

also unless you play ashe with her passive a BT is much better as first item than  IE: 25% crit chance is nice but if you don't crit ... well you paid more for 30 less AD  and no sustain

also BT+ botrK is not necessarily bad  but in your build there's only 25% crit if you go IE/BT/BotrK  if you're not lucky you might not even crit once in 4 attacks...

it's BotrK OR BT usually to beable to grab some crit like statik or PD