Was it because it could gain stats by killing units up to +30 ad and 12% lifesteal? or was it because infinity edge was super inconsistant? I know draven still rushes bt or dd since it has better components but how come everyone else stopped rushing Bt?
stacking it early, and games were far far slower paced
You basically won the lane if you got it first because you were able to stack it up sooner, and laning phase lasted much longer so having that early power lead meant a lot.
maybe cost, maybe crit wasn't so heavily prioritized, maybe survivability was more important for adcs, who knows
i think at max stacks it gave 100 ad and 25% lifesteal i think
crit items prolly cost more back then
Maybe it was because there was an actual reason to get LS instead of crit because not everything was tank.
It was higher AD than IE and also gave such a large amount of lifesteal that you'd basically get a 1-item powerspike.
It's similar to why Guinsoo's recently has been oppressive. IE needs an extra item to powerspike.
game is tailored for "muh big plays" babies now and thus 90% of the pool and itemization has gone to the shitter.
