Phantom Dancer or Statikk Shiv?

Devack The Holy·10/23/2014, 1:40:02 PM·1 votes·1,625 views

Which is better on Yasuo? Phantom Dancer or Statikk Shiv?

Stats:

item 3046 Phantom Dancer:

+50% attack speed +30% critical strike chance +5% movement speed

Passive UNIQUE: Your champion ignores unit collision.

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item 3087 Statikk Shiv:

+40% attack speed +20% critical strike chance +6% movement speed

Passive Unique Passive: Moving and attacking builds Static Charges. At 100 charges, your next attack expends the charges to deal 100 magic damage to up to 4 targets. This damage can critically strike.

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Looking at the stats, it would seem that PD's a much better option. 10% more attack speed, and 10% more crit chance. The only thing Shiv has on PD is 1% more movespeed, and it's 300 gold cheaper. Passives are up to taste, but I like the ability of being able to run through units better (the ally minions you run through can block certain abilities such as Teemo's blind due to a misclick.) than the 4 targets getting hit with one AA, which Yasuo already can do with his Q, which acts like an auto, but the third charge can hit more units. Plus, between PD and IE, you're at 110% crit chance, which lessens the need for crit runes on him for early game, freeing up more slots for damage/penetration. And the attack speed bonus on him combined with BotRK lessens the need for Berzerker's Greaves, allowing Yasuo to build other boots, such as Mobility, Swiftness, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, or Mercury's Treads. (Particularly the treads, since Yasuo can be vulnerable to CC.)

But then again, I'm Bronze, so what do I know?

T&T, I need to know, why do people build Shiv on Yasuo instead of PD? Do they feel the passive and 1% extra movespeed are worth it? Or is PD on Yasuo "sleeper op"?

5 Comments

Juniorlokey10/23/2014, 1:44:53 PM1 votes

shiv passive works well with yasuo since he charges it quickly with e, shiv is cheaper and gives more wave clear allowing you to farm up your 2nd item faster. The build path is also a lot easier not having to worry about cloak. goes well with his burst.

Juniorlokey10/23/2014, 1:46:09 PM1 votes

also the passive from pd is essentially useless because of his e

Dont Smite Me10/23/2014, 1:49:37 PM1 votes

the passive on the shiv is great as it gives more burstyness than PD the passive is really huge imo

Hyrum Graff10/23/2014, 2:01:04 PM1 votes

Pretty much what Lokey said, with one additional thing: If you have 110% crit chance, you're wasting stats. It's much better to get 90% from items and run 5% crit chance runes, than go over, because then you're just wasting gold.

Eliswood10/23/2014, 4:58:15 PM1 votes

Shiv is where it is at on Yasuo, The extra movement speed and the passive on shiv makes it a great item. The passive give you even better wave clear and AoE in team fights. I would go as far to say that Shiv is better on most ADC's as well except Vayne and maybe twitch