Talk:Blade of the Ruined King/@comment-8506165-20130827131450/@comment-8468980-20131005040903

"which usually translates to "scales with attack speed very well"

That's all bruisers and fighters. You're also missing out on champs who like damage items that scale automatically, which is again, all bruisers and fighters.

"then BotRK just isn't a good rush because it does so little for you early."

Agreed, but like I mentioned earlier, if you're low on feed, this item is extremely versatile for a decent price.

"if you're playing some kind of bruiser, then all your abilities that scale off AD will be doing very poor damage, and even if you're AA dependent like, say, Aatrox or  Tryndamere, your AAs will do very little damage to most targets."

1. Not all bruiser abilities scale with AD. 2. Bruisers infrequently rely entirely on their spell casts for damage, infact most rely on their AAs for damage. Vi, J4, Xin, Voli, Skarner, Udyr, etc rely on their AAs for the vast majority of their damage. Bruisers rely far more on simply being able to soak damage and stick to a target than large damage numbers. Trynda's not a bruiser, and Bork's core on Aatrox's bruiser build.

"the second they see you getting Cutlass, they'll get a Warden's Mail if they're smart, finish it before your BotRK because it's cheaper, and it effectively counters it completely."

It won't negate it entirely and if your lane opponent builds to counter just you and not your carry's LW then cool, I won't be doing much damage but my carry will. Plus, generally you only build damage if you're ahead in gold when playing on a bruiser or fighter.

"then honestly there's two ways to go: Last Whisper or  The Black Cleaver . LW scales ridiculously well into late,"

The problem with LW on a a lot of bruisers is that it's not as versatile as Bork or BC. Bork grants far more stats and usage and so does BC. On AD caster bruisers/fighters like Renekton, Garen or Riven, LW makes sense since so much of their damages comes from their spells and not necessarily their AAs.

" But if you're Jarvan IV or  Wukong and you're losing your lane to a Riven with a Vamp Scepter and a Brutaliser? You're just going to lose more horribly if you sink 3200 gold into this."

I'm not sure that in this particular instance it's a good idea (especially considering champion kits and defense itemization would probably best decide how well either champ would counter riven), but you're completely ignoring the things you can do with bork's slowing heal and how well bruisers scale with attack speed. Attack's speed base gold value was nerfed in S3 SOLELY due to how well they scale with attack speed. There are few items that grant as much utility, scaling damage, flat damage, and sustain as Bork, that's why its so versatile such a good choice for a lot of champions that are on a budget.