Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-4881935-20121212043456/@comment-4881935-20130117020406

due to all the stats of attack speed, movement speed, cooldown reduction, and armor penetration, it should never be considered as a pure damage item. But it does actually make a strong secondary item after you grab item like IE or BT to go along with it.

All those stats provided makes IE and BT so much better. So, though it is scattered, it does work well with each other, it just need a core item to go along with it.

And to your suggestion, I see that you want another bruiser, but they already have Black Clever and what you're suggesting will just overlap with that item. What Ghostblade is trying to fulfill is something not designed for the typical AD caster, but more for those that are extremely dependent on auto-attacks, like Fiora or Gankplank.