[{quoted}](name=SGT Dingle Berry,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=oJwKpix9,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2016-12-15T04:04:02.286+0000)
Early as in what , 20 minutes? They have a decent power spike but are negated by defensive stats until late game. I'm guessing you're an assassin or Yasuo who probably did something dumb like tower dive and got melted.
Yup. 20 minutes; Zeal item+IE. thats all the powerspike a LOT of champions need to start snowballing. Hell zeal+BF sword+crit is enough.
A long time ago crit and attack speed were generally split up.
... Also its only true that defense mitigates the 200AD/50% crit powerspike if the tank gets ahead.