User blog comment:Myself v1.0/Failed hybrids?/@comment-3275908-20120906003455

I've played my share of Akali, Katarina (post-remake), and Jax, and usually the builds include just one hybrid item: Hextech Gunblade. The rest of my build is straight up AP because that focuses their damage.

Why Hextech? For me, it's a pretty great mix of damage, sustain, and utility for a hybrid. It's active ability really does win fights or guarantees a kill.

Then again, I rarely, if at all, see pros take the Gunblade. Instead, they build into TriForce because that is more of the "offtank" item. You could say that the Gunblade is more of a "pubstomper" item.

Also, Bachoru mentioned that the meta doesn't support hybrid champs, and he's right to an extent. I do see Skarner and Jax players running around in high ELO/pro circuits, and they're effectively hybrid champs, but they're usually built offtank with the exception of TriForce. Champs like Akali and Katarina don't really belong in the meta right now, unless THEY were the AP mid champs for the team, but they are not typical picks.

In the end, it's very true that you can't build a strictly hybrid champ, there's just not enough damage output and you would need to lean on one damage spectrum or the other. Even then, they might still get outclassed by those that are more focused, damage-wise, in their builds.