Talk:Lee Sin/Strategy/@comment-168.178.74.45-20121011230613/@comment-71.61.122.70-20121016204938

The gunblade used to be strong on Lee Sin, but it was strong on alot of champions that it wasn't meant to be before it got nerfed fairly well. Now it's just not efficient enough for the gold to be worth it on Lee. The AP for the shield and spell vamp just isn't quite worth the cost over say Bloodthirster which does more to strengthen his abilities and increase his sustain. He gets enough slowing from Cripple and Phage/Frozen Mallet/Trinity, and his Resonating Strike and Safeguard allow him to close gaps to make them stick.

As for Rylai's, pretty much same argument. Frozen Mallet just does more to increase his damage, provides more health, and has about the same utility.