Should Riot introduce a new Fighter item that gives Attack Speed?
With the removal of the Attack Speed boost from
(Youmuu's Ghostblade), most of the items that gives Attack Speed are rather useless on Fighter-like champions.
(Before you say that Fighter-like champions doesn't often build
(Youmuu's Ghostblade) for the Attack Speed Boost, it does really help their damage output because of how some champions' Auto Attacks are "clunky".)
Items like
(Blade of the Ruined King) and
(Trinity Force) are commonly built on those who already have mitigation(s) for lacking Attack Speed; in these forms: Better scaling Attack Speed per level, Ability(-ies) that resets their Auto Attacks, or a Passive/Active in their kit, or a mix of all of those.
(Keep in mind that most of the Fighter-like champions do have at least one of these mitigations.)
(Ex:
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The problems with these items when built especially on certain champions are that they are just so expensive to build, don't offer stats that a champion would like or need; [and/or] are just inefficient for how much they cost. (
(Guinsoo's Rageblade) is most notably the worst offender among the Fighter-like items.)
But some champions may find it difficult to land an Auto Attack that can be crucial in a fight without the Attack Speed boost that
(Youmuu's Ghostblade) used to give after Patch 6.22.
(Ex:
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Arguments can be made that Attack Speed is not that crucial on Fighter-like champions, but as I had stated, most of the Fighter-like champions at least have one of those mitigations that I had listed.
This is my opinion on Fighter-like champions and their itemization. I would really like if there was another item that gave Attack Speed so Auto Attacks on certain Fighter-like champion doesn't feel clunky ("clunky" is probably not the word for this.) if they don't build enough Attack Speed.
Feel free to leave a comment about what you think about this. [slayer-jinx-wink]