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His scaling seems weaker than before for some reason, I try to end it before late late game comes around.
Why Gunblade?
From my guide:
But don't discount the Gunblade altogether. 60 AD is damn good--that's more than a Black Cleaver, and as much as a Bloodthirster with no stacks. It gives a good amount of AP, which is nice for your other two abilities. With a better understanding of Lifesteal and Spell Vamp, I like this item even more. 20% Lifesteal will go a long way for your auto-attack, while 1v1-ing and waiting for your abilities to come off of cooldown. The 25% Spell Vamp will be huge at all times, as every single one of your skills will refund 25% of the damage dealt back to you as HP. Hitting a whole team with Heartseeker Strike will mean immense healing!
If you're building Bilgewater Cutlass anyway, and being that the Gunblade is such a great item, you might as well just complete it. However, I have had success simply selling
So i retested the Ad Variant of yours.It worked better.Here is what i changed:I used Havoc and in general changed The masteries a bit and summoner spells to suit my own playstyle,I bought 2 dorans blade in the begining since i find myself more vunerable than i would want to,and also i replaced Guardian Angel with Warmogs Armor.I have to admit that Biglewater's active makes incredible diffrence early game(not so much later on though).
Glad to hear your suiting the build to your own style (that's what this game is all about)!
And yes, the more I play this build, the more I see that it's very front-loaded. I sometimes will sell my cutlass in favor of another B. F. Sword (instead of upgrading it to the Gunblade) if I feel I need monster AD to close it out.
B.F. Sword: 45AD for 1650g
upgrade from B.F. Sword to The Bloodthirster: 3000g - 1650g = 1350g
what you get for 1350g when upgrading is 25% lifesteal and 55AD. In the other hand B.F. Sword would give 10AD less and 25% less lifesteal. Also you can buy Bloodthirster in parts, making it even more tempting choice. Please reconsider item sequence on this one.
Someone may come and say: "There is not automatically 40 stacks on bloodthirster." but shouldn't one rather learn to play pantheon so he doesn't get killed whilst having hardcore gear instead of playing in mediocre build where one wouldn't hold the great potential but being just another brick in the wall?
1.) If you like to fill out your Bloodthirsters ASAP instead of stacking B.F. Swords, be my guest. I can't find anything inherently wrong with it. But I am going to stick to my position that you do not automatically get 40 BT stacks because, if you're playing against people as good as you are, you WILL get killed and you WILL lose your stacks. That being said, it's not really that hard to build up stacks by jungling and farming for just a little bit.
Since I'm already getting some Lifesteal from the Cutlass, I think I'm going to stick with my B.F. Stack, but if you're about building Bloodthirsters all the way, I say go for it--this seems to me a contention on the grounds of personal playstyle rather than on build efficacy.
2.) You may want to pick this up: http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X
Thanks for the post,
Peace
upgrade from B.F. Sword to The Bloodthirster: 3000g - 1650g = 1350g
what you get for 1350g when upgrading is 25% lifesteal and 55AD. In the other hand B.F. Sword would give 10AD less and 25% less lifesteal. Also you can buy Bloodthirster in parts, making it even more tempting choice. Please reconsider item sequence on this one.
Someone may come and say: "There is not automatically 40 stacks on bloodthirster." but shouldn't one rather learn to play pantheon so he doesn't get killed whilst having hardcore gear instead of playing in mediocre build where one wouldn't hold the great potential but being just another brick in the wall?