Talk:Atma's Impaler/@comment-3974578-20110829004555/@comment-99.234.144.143-20110928025016

The singular critical strike item on it's own is pretty small and unreliable, but most fighters are probably going to get some critical strike in other places like Trinity Force and Youmuu's Ghostblade to make it less unimpressive.

Actually, the item will be fairly cost-efficient attack damage at higher levels for even AD carries (Ashe, for example, has a base of 1702 health at level 18, meaning she'll get a decent 34 attack damage and two other items into a single slot for 825. A Pickaxe costs 975 gold and gives 1 damage per 39 gold. A B.F. Sword gives 1 damage per 36.66666...[and so on...]] gold at 1650 gold. Discounting the value of mashing your items together, Atma's Impaler still gives a nifty 1 damage per 24.265 gold. And Ashe's one of the lower ones when it comes to health for AD carries.). If physical damage really worries you as an AD carry, it might be worth picking up a Chain Vest earlier and planning to upgrade it into this later.