Talk:Mercury's Treads/@comment-91.181.209.32-20120108113927/@comment-87.244.113.221-20120111140144

It isn't all about the end-game though - There's a reason you don't see carries running around with Gp5 items. Also, better would be to compare cloak & dagger + berserker graves to PD/merc treads.

The thing is, cloak and dagger is cost efficiient, but the tenacity doesn't really matter earlygame. It's a good item where the cost of stats is concerned, but you just don't need the tenacity that much early on. And later, you're far better off just losing the attackspeed from berserker greaves than a phantom dancer/defensive item.