Blade of the Ruined King

Strategy

 * Champions who are highly dependent on basic attacks (,, , , , etc.) often build this item due to the attack speed, lifesteal, and the passive that helps boost their autoattacks. Champions with an attack speed steroid like , , , or champions with on-hit effects skills like , , ,  can synergize well with , making better use of the passive.
 * Champions that autoattack and deal true damage also benefit from the passive on, as the best counter to true damage is to build health, however, being able to constantly autoattack is still the foremost criteria. Prime examples are , or.
 * AD Casters can also consider picking this item up as a side item for extra damage and sustain vs HP targets, but only if they have abilities that directly synergize with auto attacks via applying on-hit effects (e.g., and ).
 * can be seen as a soft defensive item, as its active offers high utility. Depending on the situation, it can be used to lock down a target, evade skillshots, or most importantly, improve kiting.
 * This item is often built as a form of "anti-tank" item used to counter health-stacking champions (or champions that scale well in health) such as, , , , and.
 * and are strong counters to, as both provide armor and an attack speed slow; in the former's case, it also provides health and the two actives mostly mitigate each other. The latter's case has more armor and also has its attack speed slow in the form of an aura.

Trivia

 * is named after uncle, king of an unnamed realm who transformed the Blessed Isles into the undead-dwelling Shadow Isles after 'grief overcame his reason' and failed to resurrect his wife.
 * With the start of the preseason of Season 3 was removed and was replaced by.