Talk:Twitch/@comment-26808509-20180508070442

Since his E has an AP scaling and his Ult-enhanced attacks spread on-hit effects to every target hit, I wonder why almost no one is building him On-hit focused with the new Rage Blade.

I mean, of course he has a great Crit synergy, I can see that. He has an attack speed steroid, he gains bonus AD, leading to more hurtfull crits and with his ult they are even AoE. But it also has several drawbacks, doesn't it? Twitch's laning phase is pretty weak, because his weak early trading, the lack of self peel, mobility or poke make his dueling plain bad. His early in the jungle position isn't so bad, but only because he works well if he outnumbers the opponent (yet again, who doesn't). With crit he simply outscales most opponents and off-sets his weaknesses with this.

But Crit needs time to scale, especially if you are pressured by a potentially early dominant botlane. If you are playing against something like Vayne or Kog'Maw there isn't a problem, because they can't bully a Twitch in lane too heavy, but a Caitlyn, a Lucian or a Miss Fortune could make the farming for Crit Items a livng Nightmare.

On-Hit effects on the other hand become efficient pretty early in the game. Blade of the Ruined King, Guinsoo's Rageblade, if you wanna be crazy even a Nashor's Tooth all give his AA's incredible power with the advantage of mixed damage and support his scalings at the same time. The synergy with crit that Twitch has also applies to on-hit. And the best thing is: his Ult. The damage of his empowered AA's decrease with every Enemy hit, means his crits won't hit the whole team with the same force. On-hits on the other hand aren't affected by this reduction.

Of course crit outscales on-hit in the absolute late game, but in the mid and early late game they spike pretty hard. Also On-hits tend to shred tanks and bruisers pretty well. So it's maybe not the best item build for all situations, if you are able to stall and farm Crit definitly is superrior. But if you are snowballing early and wan't to spike as soon as possible, maybe on-hit would be worth a shot. Or many shots. Piercing ones.