Talk:Atma's Impaler/@comment-4995700-20120822103433/@comment-4834593-20121022212630

^^Old rate WAS too good. I mean, look at how much AD it gives now. Get a 3.5 hp health pool (ex. My Yorick last game had that with Trinity Force and Warmogs), and it gives 52.5 attack damage. The 825 gold is equal to 22.5 AD, looking at BF Sword prices. That means that, the gold you get from the item being advanced tier, you get 30 AD. To compare: Infinity Edge gives 10 AD, 50% crit damage, Trinity Force gives 5 AP, 5% crit chance, 6% movement speed, 25 health, 12 attack damage, and a bit stronger passives, Rabadon's Deathcap gives 20 AP and 30% bonus AP (we say, 400 base here, so 120 bonus). That means, after calculating the cost, it gives ~85 AP.

Now, we calculate how many gold these three items (maybe the most frequently bought items in the game) for stats gain because they are a higher tier.

Infinity Edge gives 415 gold worth AD, and whatever price you will make 50% crit damage. I'd give it 1000 gold, I think. It's really strong. That makes 1415 gold because it's a higher tier.

Trinity Force: 100 for the AP. 100 for the crit chance. 100 (?) for the movement speed. 60 for the health, 500 (and I'm generous here) for the AD. Makes 860.

Rabadon's Deathcap gives about 1700 gold worth.

Now Atma's Impaler at 3.5k hp (so 30 AD). That's a not bad 1050-1100 gold. Right? It gives more than Trinity Force. And nearly as much as Infinity Edge, that item that is considered oh so strong, and should be rushes on nearly all AD carries (except the three that rush Trinity Force and everyone is playing now, and Vayne, who needs a Bloodthirster before her Infinity Edge).

Atma's Impaler might not anymore be the best item, but it's surely not bad either.