Talk:Sterak's Gage/@comment-25342512-20150820190708/@comment-26905764-20150822143527

I hypothesized the same idea. In principle it's a possibility it happens, especially in the professional scene where they can focus such power, but in the normal soloduo-queue I doubt one will witness the functionality often in team fights.

Though AeonsLegend is correct that 5 seconds is a rather large window and it doesn't take much for the very late game ADC to proc it. Then again, if you add 30% life ontop of a tank you probably still just want to attack the more important targets. So maybe it's less a full tank item rather than something for the tanky fighter who is viable as a tank due to his damage output rather than his CC (think Irelia vs Leona).