Talk:Lucian/@comment-24606304-20140228154139/@comment-8506165-20140315011931

"Triforce gives you more overall damage in the early levels (up to 10, more or less) than BT if you can proc Triforce's passive consistently along with Lightslinger."

Eh... debatable, at least...

Bloodthirster, fully stacked (which we can reasonably assume, if you're ahead as you say) gives 100AD so adds 150 damage to Lightslinger (auto 100% AD + second 50% AD shot. Triforce + Vamp Scepter gives 40AD so adds 60 damage, plus twice your base AD (let's say 70 for level 8) so it's 200. But assuming you hit Piercing Light first, that's 105% bonus AD at rank 4, so the damage increase for buying BT on Q-passive combo is 255, whereas for Triforce it's 242.

So yeah, it's a bit debatable. But for the rough cost of Vamp Sceptre - Triforce, you can get BT - Sheen and suddenly the Triforce doesn't look so comparable, particularly given the superior sustain BT provides. Damage increase on Q-passive combo for BT-Sheen at level 8 is 325. Even if you're just doing E-passive, BT + Sheen = 220 damage increase, TF + Vamp Sceptre = 200 damage increase.

Crit makes things a bit messier, but for consistent damage BT is just better. Particularly given the relatively low crit chance Triforce grants. BT is definitely better for The Culling, though.