Talk:Rumble/@comment-24018833-20140222064537/@comment-7967732-20140223220543

Even building AP, his strong point was never late game, but his early lane bully and mid dragon/baron team fight. Building him tanky will just make his early - mid less effective, while late game, he is still outscaled by true tanks (Shyvana, Mundo, even Malphite/Chogath...).

TBH, picking Rumble 1st atm is unwise. He is a risky pick, and pick him 1st means you pretty much tell the enemy the rest of your team (things like J4, Sejuani, Amumu, Sona, Zyra, Ashe...). If not, you just end up wasting your ult most of the time as mobile champions (who are so popular atm) can easily stay out of it.