Talk:Hextech Gunblade/@comment-2250198-20140306002023/@comment-15667791-20150223220019

The Spellvamp is quite good on Urgot, for he has one of the highest damage single-target DPS spells in the game. The AD ratio may convince you that Spellvamp isn't worth it, but few mages can match it. I have to disagree that AD casters work well with it, though. Talon, for instance, has a Q that doesn't proc it, and only E and R will, both in AoE, so diminished Spellvamp. Zed has only 3 damaging spells as well, only his ultimate being single-target (and highly delayed). Miss Fortune has no Vamp on Q or W, and E and R are AoE, (and only half of R Spellvamps). Ezreal doesn't spellvamp from his AD ratios except for ultimate, an AoE. Rengar only Spellvamps on W and E, and E, while single-target, has a low ratio because of the CC on it.

Meanwhile, if you want AD and AP but don't care for the rest, you probably want Guinsoo's Rageblade, as it's much cheaper. If you want Lifesteal and AD, you have several better choices. If you want the active, BotRK is probably the way to go. AP + Lifesteal isn't a viable combo that I'm aware of anyway, so that leaves this item unique for its Spellvamp combos mostly. WotA has AP + Vamp, and Lifesteal and Spellvamp have hardly any synergy (except Fizz Q maybe?). To me, that leaves this only as a last item, or an AD Spellvamp item, or possibly synergizing with autoattackers for a CC slow, or maybe even as a nuke for those that now miss DFG. It's highly niche for several groups, but Urgot is one of the few acceptable ones because of the AD and the Spellvamp (and lifesteal doesn't hurt).