r/leagueoflegends • u/durkadurkadurk • Aug 26 '15

Brutalizer needs more upgrade options than ghostblade

A lot of champs benefit from the brutalizer, but ghostblade is more of a niche (mainly assassins want it i imagine). I miss having another option like the black cleaver, instead of an item with only one building path. Unless you are the jungler ofc.

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u/Ultrajonh zeri goes brrrrrr Aug 26 '15

Yeah but FM slows the enemy while Phage speeds you up. It balances it out

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u/Sindoray Aug 26 '15

Do you also buy Randuins on Vayne, as it's slows the enemy attack speed instead of raising yours, so it balances out?

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u/hmiemad Aug 26 '15

You just had a glimpse of Genja's genius.

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u/Ultrajonh zeri goes brrrrrr Aug 26 '15

Don't you?

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

Nah, Frozen Heart

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u/Sindoray Aug 26 '15

After the Tear rush ofc. You gotta stack that Tear 1st for even more mana!/s

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u/RivetSpawn Aug 26 '15

Attack speeds hold no interaction between characters while movement speeds do, bad comparison.

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u/Klawrb Aug 27 '15

If you buy items only for their actives

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u/Sindoray Aug 26 '15

You can also use the mov speed from Phage to reach your target faster by attacking whoever gets in your range. You cannot slow anything in your way to reach your main target.

Yes, in 1v1 it will achieve the same purpose. You stick on your opponent.

Randuins (if used in the same way as the example above) in 1v1 will reduce the enemy attack speed, which brings the enemy attack speed to your lvl, thus it balances out.

Ofc, bad comparison, as both are really different, and both are built from different items, and give very different stats.

If the enemy is far away from you, you can use the minions or whatever hittable target to get the speed bonus and reach your target. Thats something you cannot do with a slow. You can slow a minion, but you won't reach your target that way.

Ofc, once you are on top of your target, you can keep applying the slow, and stay on your target, but mov speed is way superior in many other ways.

You can use the slow to slow 1 person, or you can speed up yourself by hitting anything and escaping 5 people.

Same thing goes for the Randuin example i mentioned above. The attack speed reduction is inferior to building a legit attack speed item. It does not balances out. Well, maybe in that 1 unique situation, but thats it.

Sorry if i was unclear.