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Youmuu's Ghostblade on ranged carries

Creator: Footyballs March 9, 2011 4:43pm
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Okay, so I've been seeing a lot of ranged carries getting Youmuu's Ghostblade lately and I'm wondering why. Doesn't the Active only proc off 'melee' attacks? If so is it still viable to use on a ranged carry seeings as they're only benefiting from 1/3 of the active?

Any light on the subject would be appreciated and all opinions welcomed.

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hmm idk about that. i'll check it out next game as our database is kinda behind.
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4 hour bump, I want this answered and discussed, damnit!
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It does only proc off melee attacks. I guess it's because a lot of carries get Brutalizer and decide to just build it into Ghostblade.

TreeEski despises Youmuu's on any ranged champion. Lately, I've started to agree. Last Whisper+I-Edge is so much stronger as a ranged DPS core.
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I've always thought Last Whisper > Youmuu's because it gives superior ArP and more damage, and also when I have an item with an active (Excluding Zhonya's) I never remember to use it, so the active is pretty much useless for me. I Only tend to get it if I'm going for crit chance, or need the CDR, hence why it is so awesome on a crit GP build.

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I believe this pic will help in deciding this:

I'd say that Last Whisper usually is better, but if you want the CDR and no enemy stacks up on armor Youmuu's Ghostblade a great choice.
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Why can't you have Last Whisper AND Ghost blade?

The active means you're still a bit of the active, which makes Turrets go down like a pile of toy blocks, and the CDR is very nice.
Even if ranged can't get the duration extensions, they can still get the burst of MS+AS when they want it.
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It does only proc off melee attacks. I guess it's because a lot of carries get Brutalizer and decide to just build it into Ghostblade.

TreeEski despises Youmuu's on any ranged champion. Lately, I've started to agree. Last Whisper+I-Edge is so much stronger as a ranged DPS core.

Call me dumb and slap me silly but I never read the fine print. I had absolutely NO idea ranged carries got less off this item.. Damn need to change my Sivir build.
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JunSupport wrote:

Why can't you have Last Whisper AND Ghost blade?

Because you'll get less damage with that than with only one of the items and a damage/crit item. It's probably because flat and %ArP doesn't work losslessly together.
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