Talk:Nautilus/@comment-67.248.86.64-20130219065154/@comment-5266525-20130302150859

^ The difference between and  is that one gives you attack speed and the other gives you a true damage DoT.

In order for Elder Lizard to have maximum effectiveness you need to have a way to repeatedly apply the DoT to multiple people so the burn damage REALLY racks up to something significant in a teamfight. is a great example with his and (for some reason). only has his E (long cooldown) and autos, which are singletarget only and barely improves his DPS. The attack damage too is largely wasted which means it's even less of an efficient item.

benefits are threefold - your AoE procs more often because of the bonus attack speed, your shield lasts longer because of the added magic resist, and you do far more upfront damage when you combine both of their onhit damages, which is more important in the short term when you have an autoattack reset (similar to  being able to triple-proc Wit's with.