don't fail dyrus now hashin.
he's counting on you dis time.

This thread existed before dyrus crushed him...

I think you're right that especially for brusier champions damage reduction is superior gold for gold vs damage. I think by also choosing team comps without a "dedicated tank" the sunfire cape + defense items are also a product of necessity. In my experience bruisers damage scales fairly well off abilities or passives, (Jarvan passive, Irelia true damage, Nasus Q, Jax Ult passive,W etc) so the need for high damage items isn't there, when combined with how they deliver damage; up close and personal the need for damage mitigation is obvious. I suppose i'm not telling you anything OP you don't already know but I thought I would weigh in and add my support.

P.S Ad hominem attacks against the OP do not make his arguement invalid.

i really liked the game were skarner and blitzcrank were level 12 while the rest of the team and enemy team were level 17, Skarner and blitz didnt do damage and pretty much were squishlets due to the level, they stil had the build, yet they were the main factor they won the last teamfight and pushed for the win .

I also disliked those jayces that Rushed triforce, oh god they did nothing in the tournament, just looked ridicolous in that Coat.

I think sunfire is very strong too but you're kinda exaggerating. Darien is the only top who is known for rushing sunfire on most champs.

Also, it's not about the scaling on their damage. Darien builds sunfire on Jax who scales very well. M5 runs a very tanky lineup in general. Usually they get 3-4 GAs.