Golden Bow Rework

Well, unlike Bumba's mask, this "damage spread" is intended to be for all points in the game. If I made it a starter item (aka an item that becomes useless late game), it won't really be a replacement for the Golden Bow. Besides, we already have a pretty powerful jungle starter item.

If I raised the price and added some more physical power, would that work? (Also, I think just crit and lifesteal is fine. Same reason why Asi is a good starter item, base stats are enough early game.)

The only problem is that Crit chance and Lifesteal don't multiply with each other as well as, say, life steal and attack speed. The reason ADCs scale so well into late game is all their stats multiply eachother's effectiveness. Damage causes crits to deal more damage, attack speed makes crits occur more often, and damage makes lifesteal more potent. However, crit chance and lifesteal are the only two which I feel don't work well just like that, so if there is no damage to make the other two effective, this will be a late game purchase.

So, for my sake, just to clarify, are you saying if you get a crit that you won't gain more health back than you would with a regular basic?

Er, from my experience, I have to disagree. When playing as Artemis in levels 1-4, I find that a few lucky crits in a row can deal great damage. Yes, later, this item isn't very optimal, but this is meant to be used fairly early.

I have one point of evidence to support me: Asi is another early game item that is widely used, despite having no physical power. By your logic, since pure attack speed doesn't increase your damage more than simply getting damage, then it isn't a worthwhile purchase.

If 30% attack speed is useful enough, then I'm sure you can say that 30% crit chance is also useful.

If I must change the item, I will not change the crit aspect. There needs to be more crit items in SMITE.