Talk:Skirmisher's Sabre/@comment-8550255-20141121141446/@comment-25688877-20141128130221

Most of the time, an ADC should be running two Defensive summoner spells. Taking smite instead can leave you vulnerable, but I will agree that it can snowball a Vayne (not Lucian actually) lane hard. However, you probably won't see it in ranked because one of the most popular supports is Janna, the disengage queen. Skirmisher's requires you to be very sticky and itemize for attack speed, like Vayne. So, if they can't escape or disengage from you, the chances of this snowballing you out of control rises dramatically. That being said, Lucian ("attack speed" passive) and Kalista (very sticky) can still work, but you have to have an appropriate support to make up for the point you don't possess.