Bruiser

Serpent's Fang

Serpent's Fang is a lethality utility answer for games where enemy shields turn clean kills into failed trades.

The item is not meant to be the best raw spike in every game. It gains value when the enemy draft relies on repeated shields, enchanters, or profiles that survive just long enough because of that buffer. In that context, it does not just add damage: it finally makes your damage reliable.

It is a highly rewarding situational buy on assassins and AD casters that must finish priority targets quickly. It becomes much worse if the enemy team has no meaningful shield volume or if your build still needs a more standard lethality backbone before this targeted answer.