Board Thread:League of Legends discussion/@comment-25532677-20141013050627/@comment-4091261-20141029140030

Willbachbakal wrote:

dummy AP scalings means he shouldn't be focusing on itemizing for too much damage There has always been something I've wondered about AP scalings on AD champions. Sometimes they can make sense, but other times I don't see reason for their existance. The reason being is because it is impossible to take advantage of AP ratios without building any AP. The only way an AD champion legitimately utilizes AP is if there is surplus AP on an item they would get. There are very minimal items that an AD champion would get with AP on it:, , and very rarely.

In the case of, based on what I've heard, is not very good on him because of his long cd's. That wipes out both  and. Then there is but then there are very apparent limitations with attackspeed with the wind up  and the  with a static attack speed. This makes it less useful to have attack speed which is a large component of why is effective. So becomes ineffective on. So that leaves the only unreliable method to utilize the AP ratios which is with the Baron buff. I understand magic damage, that is perfectly fine. Though for chamions like, and , I don't understand their AP ratios at all.