Talk:Blade of the Ruined King/@comment-8506165-20130827131450/@comment-8468980-20130914193618

the problem is that bork is an awesome jack of all trades. If your enemy isn't giving you a lot of opportunities to farm and won't give up any kills, you need to make your gold really stretch. Bork grants some AD, lifesteal, attack speed, physical on hit that scales into late game, and an active good for both engaging duels and disengaging.

If your enemy is giving you lots of chances to farm then other items tend to force-multiply better (ie become stronger as you get more of them) like IE, BT, PD, and LW.