Talk:Blade of the Ruined King/@comment-8506165-20130827131450/@comment-8506165-20130917053437

Thing is, though, unless a champion has particular synergy with BotRK (e.g., , or others), which usually translates to "scales with attack speed very well" then BotRK just isn't a good rush because it does so little for you early. If you're playing some kind of bruiser, then all your abilities that scale off AD will be doing very poor damage, and even if you're AA dependent like, say, or, your AAs will do very little damage to most targets. Remember that to outdamage from 100-0 with just autos the enemy needs over 3k health. The enemy squishies will never reach that level of health, and even the tankier ones might not even be there at the time you get it if you just rush it. And it's not realistic to assume that you'll ever just be able to AA someone to death. In other words, you've put yourself further behind by spending money on an item that won't be good until late, assuming the game even gets to late with your build behind. It's also got a very obvious build path - the second they see you getting Cutlass, they'll get a if they're smart, finish it before your BotRK because it's cheaper, and it effectively counters it completely.

If you're wanting to stretch your gold on an AD champ, and for whatever reason don't want to invest in defenses, which is usually a better bet when you're losing unless you're the ADC, then honestly there's two ways to go: or. LW scales ridiculously well into late, amplifies the damage of your abilities and your autos, and if memory serves it outdamages BT if the enemy's got over 100 armor. It's also very cheap. Cleaver on the other hand is a little more expensive but has an easy build path through Brutaliser (which alone can help bring back a losing lane) and increases damage on champs you attack for everyone who deals physical damage by shredding their armor.

So in short, no, BotRK still isn't a good rush if you're behind, imo. Unless, like I say, you're one of the champs on whom it is genuinely OP on. Irelia's probably the best example - scales with attack speed, enemies have to build health to deal with her true damage, so either she can kill squishies with Hiten Style's active or kill tanks with BotRK. And she can just build tanky once she's got it because it gives her enough offense to deal with near enough anyone. But if you're or  and you're losing your lane to a Riven with a Vamp Scepter and a Brutaliser? You're just going to lose more horribly if you sink 3200 gold into this.