Quote (Boltz @ Jun 6 2010 07:45pm)
It's not going to help you kill another player when you rush a runed axe compared to certain orb effects. And not every hero is going to benefit that greatly from runed axe.
If you're someone like dark lady, I can understand rushing the runed axe, but most of the time it's just a waste and you're not going to be given the time to farm so freely.
a runed axe is gfg early for almost any non ranged carry because of how quickly you can farm. Is it going to make a huge difference in team fights? No, but it will allow you to farm 10x faster allowing you to farm additional items faster allowing you to farm and push/gnak with your team. The sustainers regen early game especially if in lane with say madman or swiftblade is gfg, that just means you can be a lot more aggressive
as for ghost machers yeah they're good on some heros and terrible on others. love seeing ghost marchers on heros like scout and pesti. heros that need that extra speed burst, usually melee gankers, thats where marchers come into play. but +10 any stats and +attack speed > 24 damage, the only reason you would get ghost marchers was if you needed the slight speed boost, they provide no survivability and they break stealth