User blog comment:Axelus the 3rd/The new Phage, thoughts and discussion/@comment-4434378-20130822212257

Its an interesting item. I feel that the passive needs a little buff, its kinda rediculous that it gives you so much for minion kills but very little for chasing. I feel that the item was balanced with only ranged characters in mind, and so they left it useless for melee (though its lulzy for GP).

But the big issue is as you said, it has little in the way of upgrades now. Trinity is awesome, but not always the best buy. An armor upgrade would be nice, to make it an item for autoattack tanks to stick to their target. I would give it an active that gives a personal shurelia's with a guaranteed crit for your first attack after using the active.

{ii|Phage} + {ii|Chain Vest} + gold

300 hp

25 AD

50 Armor

Passive: Rage

Active: Charge gaining 50% MS for 4 seconds, your next attack in 6 seconds is guaranteed to critically strike.