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tiamat is a tier 2 damage item that offers a pathetic unique passive and in a game where the item setup for the majority of games at higher level = 2 damage items 2 defensive items and boots (cuz u probably wont get to item 6 and even then it'll probably be a defensive) there's just no inventory space to waste on it

even if u went balls deep dps build u can get better shit that's actually just as good as a tiamat even while you're building it still like pretty much anything a bf sword builds into

so basically why waste an inventory slot on a tiamat when u can go:

bloodthirster
black cleaver
phantom dancer
trinity
infinedge
zerk greaves

not to mention in high level play your first item choices are critical because they dictate your value during the first couple team fights/skirmishes which in turn pretty much decides the rest of the game and if u build a tiamat ur pretty much just ****ing worthless

tl;dr t2 items are shit and tiamat even more so because it lacks a decent passive and per point of gold it gives you less offensive power than any other t2 item

the only argument u can make for tiamat is twitch because of his ult

thats it