Talk:Blade of the Ruined King/@comment-99.245.85.132-20130319185645/@comment-4659726-20130321230453

^ As a note, nobody has 400 armor without investing way too much in it. (Plus it is an ADC item so by the time they have that much armor you have last whisper.)

It is less good on bruisers but definitely still good on attack speed based champions and AD carries that don't have extremely high AD scaling. Current % hp physical damage is great imo. And better against bruisers while still doing decent damage to squishies since they don't have much armor and as an ADC you have decent amounts of AD+crit.

If the enemy is stacking hp, go buy blade of the ruined king. It is cheaper AND better than old madred's was. Things that Apo forgot to mention, you have armor pen and the enemy doesn't magically get 400 armor, they have to buy it.

In Season 3 % hp shred is important since health is a more effective defense than resists (not a bad thing because resists have their own unhealthy gameplay reasons why they are bad). Just remember that if they don't stack health, a bloodthirster may provide more consistent output although blade is often on par with BT or outscales it depending on enemy hp.