League-of-legends – Why do most players not build Infinity Edge with Pantheon

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Since he gets a 100% crit chance for his AA and Q through the E passive.

Why do most players not build Infinity Edge with him? (probuilds)

this would increase the crit damage by 50%.

Best Answer

Mainly because Pantheon is an Assassin. You are not really an auto attacker but rather a burster. The main problem with IE is that it increases your crit chance which is pretty much a completely wasted stat on Pantheon. You gain 100% crit if a target is low-life and your spear will also do more damage. 125% crit won't really help (or work) and your Spear cannot crit from normal crit chance.

Another thing to note: You are meele. This means you are basically dead if you get CC'd as glasscannon. Your main job in a teamfight is: Kill the most squishy target and then try to deal as much damage as possible while also tanking a lot of stuff. It's a lot safer if you just grab 1 or two offensive items like Black Cleaver (Scales perfectly with your E) or Hydra (Aoe Damage and more sustain during teamfights) and go tanky afterwards. If you have 2 Items you can basically 1shot the enemy ADC during midgame (and this is where Panth is the strongest).

The only time you could actually buy IE is if you decide to go full glasscannon but as already said I don't recommend it in a real game. You can get focussed far too quickly.