Guinsoo's Rageblade

Strategy

 * unique combination of traits make it something of a niche item. It is best on basic attack-based champions who benefit from both attack damage and ability power and rely on on-hit effects for a major portion of their damage (, Varus and ). For such a champion, however, it is recommended to build the item as soon as possible, as the power spike it creates is usually enormous.
 * in particular has a very good synergy with this item because of his passive which allows him to apply an additional on-hit effect per attack without Guinsoo. With Guinsoo not only will he reduce the attacks to proc  but depending on the timing of his passive with Guinsoo he'll be procing on-hit effects:
 * Twice on each basic attack.
 * Thrice on each other basic attack.
 * The Phantom hit will proc both and  essentially doubling the area of effect damage, however the  is superior in this aspect as it also deals on-hit damage on the primary target.

Trivia

 * is named after Steve 'Guinsoo' Feak, one of the main creative minds behind League of Legends and creator of Defense of the Ancients: Allstars.
 * According to Feak, Guinsoo's Rageblade was created with in mind.
 * It has a similar icon to the Defense of the Ancients: Allstars item Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse, also named after Feak.
 * Guinsoo's Rageblade is one of only three items that provide alongside either  or  – the others being  and.
 * Guinsoo's Rageblade was one of the last items released before the launch of League of Legends itself.
 * There once existed a bug that enabled to attain negative  and  with Guinsoo's Rageblade alone.
 * The design is mostly similar to Kratos' blades, both the Blades of Chaos and the Blades of Exile. Both and Kratos are from the God of War franchise.