Talk:Kayle/@comment-25532677-20150201202326/@comment-5763148-20150216002612

Point of using Gunblade is to give you a rounded performance in all areas at once. It's like season 2 Trinity Force. The item literally let Kayle adapt to all situations with the right build cos of it's multi stat distribution. But in the current era, this isn't possible anymore cos Kayle can't build as a genuine Hybrid. The Hybrid element is completely gone. The concept can still be used though and this is where the Gunblade comes in.

With the chances to Q's AP Scaling, the AD bonus gives you straight out bonus 40 Damage to Q as well as a still good chunk of damage from the AP it gives. The Life Steal is still good too. Most ppl only factor in the calculations separately so they forget to combine the damage. Spell Vamp gets reduced to 33% damage if it's from an AoE damage source, but combined with Life Steal, you still gain a good amount of HP back. Say for example, Kayle deals 120 AD damage and 150 Magic Damage (the E proc).

So LS would give 12 HP back per swing while Spell Vamp gives 9-10 HP. That's still gives enough HP. Even though in the late game, pure AD or AP types make full use of the Sustain, this is only during that time when most things would've been finished. Kayle gets 20+HP back as soon as she makes the Gunblade. So essentially, she sacrifices late game sustain for Mid Game sustain for near 100% dominance in 1v1 fights and raised roaming potential. What's more, the Gunblade's active also procs sustain at 100% of your total Spell Vamp. Literally, it's active also acts as a multi function skill.

Combined with Q, you can actually burst a squishy down for more than 50% of their HP if you play right.