Talk:VPBE/@comment-24896347-20140715104924/@comment-3974211-20140715214321

As I said before, either the sustain it grants will out-class the other options - or it won't and no-one will buy BT over Blade of the Ruined King. It's a flaw in the design. If it does out-class Infinity Edge (due to out-healing IE's damage), then Bloodthirster will only get nerfed next patch. Riot needs to choose something defining about Bloodthirster that doesn't just counter damage, at least permanently. Perhaps give it Sanguine Blade's passive (+10% base and +3% on-hit stacking up to 3 times); or an active like "For the next 5 seconds, your life steal effects will heal you based on the damage dealt before damage mitigation".