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Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz

Atma's will give you nearly the same damage, armor, and nearly as much crit.

I build Merc Treads, Mallet, Atma's, IE, PD, and whatever else I need, usually among Warmog's, Mow of Malmortius, FoN, BT, and Sunfire. The build has 73% chance crit in it, and getting a second IE instead of Atma's gets it to 80%. It isn't a noticeable difference and I prefer having the armor. I understand what you mean by going for pure damage, but buying an item and not getting its passive seems like a waste of money. Atma's is cheaper and I can use the money I saved on Green elixirs which gives me 8% crit which gets me to 81%, higher than dual IE.

Yeah, and not only that but you can also survive longer than someone with 2 IE's :P
I see the 2 IE Build in 3s, more than 5s, since in 5s Garen seems to be quite the tank in peoples eyes.