Talk:Blade of the Ruined King/@comment-189.175.183.197-20130112231637/@comment-217.92.235.191-20130117085843

@189.175.183.197

This item is waaaay better than Madred's. Madred's was a bad item, because the damage was magical and the only champs who would've wanted this item were physical damage champions (e.g. ad carries). In the end this item dealt less damage than if you just went for IE+PD+LW. Playing hybrid is in general not a good idea, because your damage falls off hard late-game.

Also this item did not have any synergy with AD Kog'Maw whatsoever. Just because a hero has built-in percentage-based magic damage doesn't mean, that you should get items that do the same thing. It may have been good on AP/on-hit Kog'Maw, because he actually builds magic penetration, but AD was better so no one ever built it.

BoRK's passive is weaker, but it is now physical which is a big deal, since the new meta dictates that armor stacking is inefficient. Also this item shreds Baron in no time.