AD have SOOOOOOOO many options. When it comes to penetration.
Yet each and every one of those options are more expensive and do their job worse than voidstaff
AD have AWESOME Pen items that give WAY more value than the AP items through other passives/stats.
"SOOOOOO MANY OPTIONS! AWESOME PEN ITEMS!!!! SO MUCH VALUEEEEE!!!!!!"
Are you advertising ad champions or something? Jesus. At least if it were true.
Both Void and DC are VERY VERY VERY rarely built as 1 of 3 first items. 90% of the time they are built as a 4th+ item. Even on AP Assassins.
Well no shit. How often do you see ldr/mortal reminder built in the first 3 items?
Reasoning for such a late is 2 fold.
1: it gives 70 AP and 40% Pen. It is a TERRIBLE early item. For 600g more (only a few more mins in lane early game) you can get a , giving 90 AP 600 mana 10% CD On-Spell damage + a good build path with an early . You would be better off rushing Sorc boots if you want Magic Pen early as Flat pen is stronger early then %.
I mean sure but why does that matter for this argument? Thats kinda like saying that stoneplate is a worse rush item than sunfire on tanks.
2: Hardly any one gets more than 1 MR item IF they even get on at all, making VOID less valuable. Most bruisers and tanks opt for atleast 1 if not all 4 of these on some champs . HP counters BURST more than it does DPS. And Mages typically only have burst, where as ADs, even assassins, can sill DPS quite well after they have released their burst.
Tanks get more than 1 a game. Bruiserd sometimes get 2 or 1 and mercs.
Tanks dont build triforce, steraks and shojin and rarely build titanic. Titanic only works on, like, 3 tanks.
Only 4 bruisers take shojin. Jax, riven, renekton and nocturne. And only jax takes it every game. On top of that, not many bruisers build triforce.
Btw, whats your point here? Not just that your claims are false, this part of your post is irrelevant to the discussion.
AP Assassins struggle to kill beefy targets, even with , again because HP counters burst more than DPS. SO unless the AP assassin has good DPS they are not going to do as well against bruisers/tanks as ADs.
So first you said that mages struggle to kill adcs with 3 items (which is completely false) and now you say that ap assassins struggle to kill tanky targets. Sure. But, here are some news: ALL ASSASSINS STRUGGLE TO KILL TANKY TARGETS.
Btw, ive seen my fair share of evelynns oneshotting bruisers who itemized specifically against her.