User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Item Concept) Revamping Life Steal/@comment-25228021-20150825133003/@comment-25228021-20150825153426

Even then, the DoTs have a dozen ticks at most, and the sustain is not immediate, making it far from toxic imho. Maybe Darius could abuse it because Hemorrhage can get reapplied constantly and to many targets. I was more concerned about AoE physical damage abuse, like Peacemakers, Boomerang Blades or Rakes on whole minion waves. And the worst of all? Judgement and Cyclone. Those two could quickly become unmanageable if they hit minions in a teamfight.

Even though, to build the Reaver, they would have to rush a 3500g item with a sub-optimal build path (BFS), the reward is really worth it. Enough to warrant Reaver being core on Garen and Wukong after Cleaver, I think.