I recently heard some players state that a
Maelstrom is much better than a 
Battle Fury on a 
Phantom Assassin.They based that statement on the bonus attack speed given by
Maelstrom ( = more critical chance) and on the costliness of a Battle Fury .What do you think about? Why not simply buy a
Yasha if you want to raise the probability over the time?Isn't a critical strike in a AoE (cleave) more effective in a teamfight?
Battle Fury gives you better farming potential, while Maelstrom gives you both fighting and farming power.Personally I don't build either.
Drum of Endurance-> 
Helm of the Dominator ->
Black King Bar allows you to go online very quickly.Safelane
Phantom Assassin shouldnt get Battle Fury in most situations(unless you got an enigma
or dark seer). its a snowballing item to keep lanes pushed, gives you a
nice damage boost to your crit, and good sustain to keep hunting kills.Mid
Phantom Assassin should go PMS 
Bottle/ 
Magic Wand/ 
Power Treads, then Battle Fury. Only go mid Phantom Assassin if it's a favorable matchup(
Invoker, 
Shadow Fiend and other right click mids, if
you pick Phantom Assassin mid vs 
Zeus or 
Skywrath Mage, gg). Back to your question, yes
Maelstrom is better than Battle Fury for a
safelane Phantom Assassin. You'll hardly be in a position to land a good cleave. Maelstrom is a good first item to help farm in place of a 
Hand of Midas, if you
feel like fighting a bit earlier. a casual Yasha is always good for an
agi carry. basically you can build her in all sorts of ways, but shes
best against lineups with lots of right click damage.If you're against a nuke heavy team(god forbid), start stacking HP and dont stop.
Power Treads, Drum , Black King Bar, 
Skull Basher. You're trading attack speed
for HP and a 2nd proc. Ultra late you can fill in the gaps, 
Satanic, 
Abyssal Blad and even go back for an agi item if you want. Basic rule of thumb for Phantom Assassin is: against nukers, stack hp, against right clickers, stack +damage Battle Fury isn't for the cleave in fights, it's too small for that. It's mostly
for farming jungle and ancient stacks quickly and giving the mana regen
to spam your 
Phantom Strike and 
Stifling Dagger to farm. Maelstrom is both a farming and fighting item. The decision which one to get should be made on a game to game basis.
Maelstrom is better if you're behind imho.
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