User blog comment:C4bal/Corki in the Tank Meta. How to./@comment-24036535-20150614163022

The way you are trying to itemize against divers, isn't too great to be perfectly honest. The game works in a simple way: If you're a carry, be you a mage, ADC, or assassin, you focus on avoiding damage, not sustaining it (With certain exceptions among mages). If you're taking damage in the first place, you aren't doing your job right. Hence why Banshee's Veil, GA, Scimitar etc exist, they allow you to avoid damage or act as "get out of jail free" cards in case you mess up.

Don't sub out two heavily offensive items to get two somewhat offensive, somewhat defensive items, sub out one to "get out of jail free" once. ie That Blitz pull becoming a problem? Banshee's, now you get to make one mistake at no cost every 40 seconds. Enemy assassin killing you just before you get peeled? GA to buy you those extra seconds for your team to come to the rescue. Lot's of CC getting piled onto you? QSS to clense the big stuff.

Going slightly defensive won't save your life though, especially as an ADC, if the enemy is close enough to deal damage to you in the first place, that extra armor and health won't save you. They'll be able to deal constant damage to you from there, and they're close enough your slow-self won't get away, ESPECIALLY considering the CC tanks bring into fights. Oh, and IBG outright does less damage than Triforce, you know, weaker spellblade, no bonus movespeed for hitting this, same AP, no other offensive stats. And LW gives more armorpen than BC does, without having to stack it. Corki may be a caster-carry, but he still get more out of his AAs than his abilities.