Talk:Kled/@comment-27425447-20160816205752/@comment-7095057-20160816234117

It's kinda Meh, but it's also a better item than DD for sure. I favor BC for a few key reasons over DD.

1. The passive component of DD is not enough to save Kled early on from an early fight. 12% life steal is nice, but it won't give him much more survivability than he would have had with BC. Plus the bleed effect persists AFTER Kled gets dismounted, which can be painful late game. If you take a 1k damage crit when you're on skaarl with 100 hp, you'll only take 100 hp and lose skaarl, but with DD you'll take that 100, lose Skaarl, and then take roughly an additional 100 as Kled over the next few seconds. This may not be a problem but it can be tide turning if you aren't careful.

2. Less CDR means less Q and E combos, meaning less chase power. I've been going R>Q>E>W for my level path, and having the lower CDR on E is great for sticking power. For many who max W before E, higher CDR is going to be more important, because having your E up is going to be a big factor on if you can even get in a fight or not.

3. DD is not much higher damaging than BC is, and not all that much more gold efficient. BC can easily make up the damage difference due to it's passive armor shreding.

4. Sticking power. no matter what one says, the higher cdr and power of phage makes engaging and sticking to an opponent very easy, which is why I love this thing so much.