User blog comment:Unevent/Hybrid items!/@comment-5266525-20130519141204/@comment-5761259-20130520054008

I find it interesting that people always forget AD Kayle's q does just as much damage as AP, not counting penatration. They both have 100% scalings. AD has life steal, yay, and AP has her w. That's the way I look at it anyways.

I do think that you can't go, say, Rage Blade, Gunblade, Pen boots, Nashor's, Rylai's, Deathcap or Void. It is technically a Hybrid build, but it focuses then on AP, much like Akali does. You can do that again, with Rage Blade, Gunblade, IE, Last Whisper, Phantom Dancer, AS boots. Just because you buy two hybrid items, improving your early damage usually, does not mean you can't then focus on one type of damage or the other.

You can't get away with something like rageblade, Gunblade, IE, Deathcap, pen boots, Nashor's though. You have to prioratize. I don't think that makes it not a hybrid build either. There is still a heavy focus on two types of damage at the same time. I would like to see more true hybrids, but I don't think there needs to be any more hybrid items, nor do they really need changes. I think hybrids form a very small, very interesting niche in League that is just fine as it is.

Just as a note, Hybrid Cho'Gath is hilarious, though it scales really badly. But you laugh the whole time so who cares.