User blog comment:Deshiba/BotRK- What is up?/@comment-128.230.202.183-20130306201832

The item is crazy broken because it provides significant amounts of AD, Attack speed, and Life steal, all of which are stats that ADC's want, as well as a handful of bruisers. The active hands the user a massive nuke/heal coupled with a haste/slow on a short cooldown, and the passive synergizes with the attackspeed in the item to further increase the absurd damage being poured out from it. On top of that, its less than 3k gold and builds from cheap, desirable items. It's simply too efficient as it was, which is why the hotfix went through.