Talk:Caitlyn/Strategy/@comment-76.94.147.113-20130311142708/@comment-4937115-20130714040855

Spell vamp might sound decent on paper (3 of her spells are single target meaning she'd get the full benefit, and her only AoE ability does a shit ton of damage anyway), however the sheer amount of autoattack damage she does from mid-game onwards means that lifesteal is much more efficient on her. Also, the fact that she is an ADC (and the huge AD ratio on both her Q and R) means that she will benefit much, much more from AD than AP. This means she will benefit substantially more from a Bloodthirster than a Hextech Gunblade.

Now, if the ratios for her Q were 0.7AP + 0.7AD (instead of 1.3AD) and her ulti was 0.9AD + 1.0AP (instead of 2.0AD) then yeah, she'd make a heck of a hybrid.