Remember when LW was 35% total armor and the only armor pen item was Ghostblade.

Armor pen was not such a problem back then.

Just some suggestions to try and make armor pen less of an issue and make some of the items causing the problem good in a different way then passive armor pen. These are changes to the items and all stats that are not mentioned are unchanged.

AD increased to 20, passive Grievous Wounds changed to ACTIVE - GRIEVOUS WOUNDS: for the next 5 seconds grievous wounds are applied to enemies you do physical damage to and lasts for 3 seconds (75 second cooldown)

40% bonus armor pen down form 45%, AD increased to 60 from 50, PASSIVE: grievous wounds changed to ACTIVE - GRIEVOUS WOUNDS: physical damage dealt in the next 6 seconds apply grievous wounds that last for 4 seconds (60 second cooldown) Intended to be the squishy/drain tank killer.

40% bonus armor down from 45%. Still intended to be the tank killer.

builds from + flat 10 armor pen replaced with ACTIVE - GRIEVOUS WOUNDS: physical damage dealt in the next 6 seconds apply grievous wounds that last for 4 seconds (60 second cooldown) ; enemies under the effects of Nightfall also have grievous wounds applied. Still interned to be an assassin's best friend with a slightly better tool for making sure they don't heal up half their health in 2 auto attacks.

builds from + flat 10 Armor pen replaced with Giant slayer: +1.5% increased physical damage for every 50 health up to 500 health for a max of 15%. Changing this item form being less about killing squishes and more about contending with tankier enemies.

builds from + all stats are the same and still has the 20 flat armor pen when completed. Still has the same reason to be bought as it currently does on live.

REMOVED: this item was only added to be half of what **The Brutalizer ** offered in passives. It can be compared to the cheaper which is replacing it in Ghostblade.