I'm pretty sure Black Cleaver is dead on assassins

nm1010··3 votes·661 views

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84 armor pen at level 18 is a huge amount and you get 30% cdr from lethality items + death's dance. Lethality can't put someone into negative armor so black cleaver seems like it is a waste early and later on item 3033 or item 3036 are much better options if an ad picks up armor. Maybe if you are a full ad team it works, but right now I see no point in picking it up.

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Big Lincoln5 votes

good, now give its 10 ad back

Kloqdq1 votes

But then Lucian and MF will abuse the item again. And we will be back to not learning the phrase:

"Melee only"

Big Lincoln2 votes

I don't care

If I'm playing champs who get one, MAYBE two damage items then I want that item to have good damage stats

Give me my 50 AD cleaver, fuck 100 HP I'm building more anyway

Kloqdq2 votes

Ahem

ADCs ruin everything.

Dr Poro5 votes

Why exactly is this a problem? Black Cleaver is intended for fighters in the first place. It wasn't a big issue that it was viable on assassins, but that's not the goal for this item. Assassins have a better build? Good for them.

nm10101 votes

It isn't a problem, I just see everyone still building it on assassins. Which makes no sense since it is next to useless.

AmetDeCrypt1 votes

I guess they just like the safety and sticking power it gives them, and forget assassins kits are built to have exactly that and shouldn't be able to tank like bruisers if caught out.

ActivatingEMP2 votes

Thats assuming you build edge of night, which all talon mains agree is a very shit item; you instead build black cleaver.

The Leo Cat2 votes

Edge of Night is a good item if you actually take a moment to use the active before you dive in. Keeps you from being blown up immediately by an ult.

DJMason881 votes

You should be invis and flank them anyways

nm10101 votes

250 hp + active is a lot of defenses for 18 lethality and 55 ad.

Shablagoo1 votes

BC wont die man because you only have 20% cd with that build, the hp, movespeed in fights, and armor reduction make the item so good for assassins. Especially because the burst window is reduced it helps to have more hp too.

nm10101 votes

BC wont die man because you only have 20% cd with that build

Not getting it opens up a death's dance for 30%, which is plenty or you can take 10% scaling runes.

armor reduction make the item so good for assassins

Currently if you go full lethality you get so much pen the armor reduction is useless. Unless they build multiple armor items, at which point a last whisper item is better. I'm having quite a good time using it like this

https://i.gyazo.com/ff1a7b336c681d680ab4bec3bfc269a4.png

it helps to have more hp too.

Edge of night gives hp now, which mixed with death's dance sustain is really really nice.

Shablagoo1 votes

Idk man it may be preference because I play with SS alot especially on rengar and talon, couple that with BC I ppl never get away but its mostly on rengar cuz he is my main.

nm10101 votes

Yeah I think stormraiders is pretty good a lot of the time, I picked it up earlier today and it was pretty effective. And you could always forgo a lethality item if you really like black cleaver, but if I had to guess full lethality is going to be standard build again. The damage from this is actually just nuts

https://i.gyazo.com/8e9fd7a66e02ad2c15885073970d5ac4.png

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