Last Whisper/ No IE on Corki?

[quote=Keels]I saw in a game of TPA vs CLGblack a puzzling thing on their Corki player: He got [[last whisper]], which confused me... why would you have an item that is made less effective by his own e? I understand for high armor targets it may be better, but on corki, with 16 arpen from runes and masteries, and 10 % arpen, attacking with a full spray from [[gatling gun]] and giving 3 stacks of [[the black cleaver]] means you reduce their armor by a full 85, then you penetrate 16, so you penetrate 101 armor and penetrate an additional 10%. But what may confuse some Corki players is the "fine print" on his E: "The armor reduction persists as long as the enemy is under continuous fire". This is semi-ambiguous. Does this mean if you turn away from them for a second it disappears? Does it persist for the duration? Whatever the answer, the choice is obvious: Last Whisper is the much better buy, as BOTH methods of reduction are only temporary, and are not immediately beneficial. Verdict: [u]Buy Last Whisper[/u]. In the same game, I saw the Corki AND opposing [[graves]] forgo [[infinity edge]]. Not just for a certain amount of time; for the entire match. At this point I was really scratching my head. Can anyone shed some light on why they did this?[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]It's hard for LW to be bad. :P I recognize I may have to say this until the day I die, but which item is better is both your team comp, enemy team comp, and item dependent.[/quote]

[quote=Luther3000][[gatling gun]] armour reduction stacks and lasts for 2 seconds. Normally I prefer [[last whisper]] but I actually favour [[black cleaver]] on Corki cuz Gatling Gun is so awsum.[/quote]

[quote=Hateryx]Generally, [[Last Whisper]] reduces more Armor than the [[Black Cleaver]] if the enemy Armor is more than or equal to 113 Armor (113 Armor x 40% Armor Pen= 45.2 Gross Armor Penetration, [b]before[/b] adding/considering ArmorPen Runes, Masteries , Abilities ) The general rule is, the higher the Armor, the more effective is the [[Last Whisper]] is. In the case that you mentioned, it is probably that enemy team invested more on Armor items, which pushed their Corki to buy [[Last Whisper]]. In addition to [[Last Whisper]]'s armor pen, Corki bought [[Infinity Edge]] to cope up with the damage output. [[Last Whisper]] attack damage is not that decent, and either [[Bloodthrister]] or [[Infinity Edge]] can only pair that low damage. IMO, the [[Infinity Edge]] is better to pair the [[Last Whisper]] because of its critical chance, and critical damage.[/quote]

[quote=Machineae]I hate how most people buy LW last and something like BT or GA instead. LW is infinitely useful if you're an ADC.[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]Stupid is in the air. I'm going to kill myself.[/quote]

[quote=Valkenhyn][quote=DuffTime] Stupid is in the air. I'm going to kill myself. [/quote] D: don't do it, i wouldn't be able to chuckle at your witty comments anymore...that would be tragic[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]Playing AD Carry? PLZ BUY LAST WHISPER![/quote]