tbh i would much rather prefer that riot would have isntead of buffing the armor itempath that they changed the ad itempath. So
staying to make it less strong as an early defensiv pick instead of leting it build to a
but changing the
to a
to make it more appealing for Bruisers and Assassins, the maincore users of this item. Cause adcs are not the core beside maybe vayne and kai'sa and i don't think riot should push them to make ga core on them (which they kinda do by leting bf stay and buffing both ad and armor).
Ga was a cheap low ad item and Bf made more as half of its cost. No other bf item, or for aps nlr items, works like this. Normaly the tier 3 ad/ap component stands for a strong expensive item, nlr for mages mostly, bf for adcs mostly. But ironicaly ga has a bf sword in it while deaths dance, which costs in 8.11 as much as a bt has no bf. And dd is even better suited to be a competitor for an adc item as ga, on Fighters you just have Illaoi, Urgot and Lifestealstackers like Fiora maybe build dd and they could still afford to buy the item with a bf as they get enough gold with dominating lane most times.
Beside i know that the new fighter item Spear of Shojin will also be build out of a Bf Sword probably. But it still will be more of a melee carryitem as a standard Bruiser Item and be a quite expensive powerfull item with 65 ad and the effect it gives.
Even if Ga gets its cost changed to 2800 Gold and its ad buffed to 45, against the spear, er with 70ad, ie, bt and dd with 80 ad, this is a joke of a bf item. Even ma, mercurials and every lethalaty item gives quite more ad. And i remember how duskblade got used to build out of a ga instead of a caulfields.