User blog comment:DamonDraven/Oh, dear Reaver.../@comment-24420226-20141213000302

I haven't had a problem with the BF sword version of Reaver. I actually really like it on Caityln: it gives her a lot of stats she likes (pile of AD, lifesteal, and some bonus cdr), and is useful for pulling her out of her mid-game rut by buffing her seiging power.

I'm actually not a terrible fan of Brutalizer: in my experience it is much more difficult to pick up than it's recipe and combine cost suggest. Yes, the stat's are really nice for AD casting marksman that might be interested in it, but it's not the greatest item to buy in lane, expecially against opponents who pull ahead and go for the IE rush. At least with an inexpensive Vampiric Sceptre, one can use the lifesteal to stay safe and sustain where a Brutalizer demands that you go aggressive or at least respond aggressively to your opponents. If i'm already ahead and close to buying one outright, why not wait for 10 more minions and get the BF sword instead? Plus if I fall behind, get VS, and then manage to turn my lane around, I can decide to go for a more aggressive buy like an IE or Trinity and save the VS for a lifesteal item I would probably get anyways.

I get that having a component that gives a part of the special bonus the completed item will have makes the build path smoother and less intimidating; but as an item that is primarily tailored towards sub-type of bot-lane ADCs  as a first or second buy, Brutalizer doesn't sound appealing to me.