Is it worth building a Bloodthirster on any ADC now that the meta is shifting towards tanks?

Darth Valer··1 votes·618 views

I'll do some math, correct me if I'm wrong. Let's take as example an enemy with 3.000 current hp and 150 effective armor (after penetrationz).

A item 3072 will add to an autoattack: 32 dmg if normal auto, 80 dmg if crit auto;

  • 20 % lifesteal applied to the whole dps

A item 3153 will add to an autoattack: 10 dmg if normal auto, 25 if crit auto + 96 dmg from passive, for a total of 106/121 dmg if we consider +40% attack speed, we might get to a 150/170~ dmg contribution

  • 10 % lifesteal applied to the whole dps

The dmg contribution on a single autoattack on an opponent with that effective armor sees item 3072 outshining item 3153 when he has 690 hp (for normal auto) / 1720 (for crit auto).

This is not taking into calculation the impact of lifesteal and Blood's passive / Botkr's active plus that of the bonus AD on eventual adcs' spells and who knows how many more thing, so it's very approximate. Not to mention that we see tanks stacking hp rather than resistances (making Botkr more effective).

All in all, is Botkr going to outshadow Bloodthirster for as long as tanks will keep seeing the light of day?

2 Comments

PrinceOfStorms4 votes

If they get a thornmail you betcha you're gonna want a bloodthirster.

SpongebobIsLife1 votes

or if there are assassins are the team.

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