I'm pretty sure Bloodthirster is one of the least bought items in the game excluding 
who practically rushes it. Name another ADC or champion in general that ever purchases this is in their core build. Why is it so inferior versus other items now? Are crit items just better?
ModWulf Helhammer2 votesIt’s not that its inherently bad. It’s just more often then not, you need the Cleanse and MR of Mercurial, or the AS and on-hit from BoRK.
The game state around BT makes it not as appealing of a purchase.
Metal Janna1 votesLifesteal isn't very good when you die in one rotation.
The thigh guy1 votesToo much gold in pseudo tank stats that don’t actually work.
Cräfty1 votesWith the game being overloaded with damage, Healing abilities and CC, Lifesteal items, in general, are really useless in the current meta since you either get one shot so fast (either bursted down by a f*ck ton of damage or you're just locked down with all the CC in the game) that you don't have enough time to regen your HP back with BT, or your kit already has some form of sustain good enough on it's own that you don't need BT anyway (like 
and 
, for example).
Death by Glamour1 voteswell you get a lot of lifesteal from runes and 
not to mention sustain from 
.
several adcs rush 
for various reasons
Linna Excel1 votesIt hasn't been core since it lost stacking AD. That said, it still is a good item on a lot of champs but it isn't a rush item.
I think the biggest issue is it has that overheal shield instead of raw hp. Maybe it should have 400 base hp and drop the shield. Or give it bonus AD based on how much lifesteal you last attack did.
