Talk:Hecarim/@comment-82.95.230.62-20120419070022/@comment-4768457-20120419121016

Honestly Tri-force feels kind of like a trap. Even if the combine cost is only 300 gold the base mats cost way too much unless you have gold just flyying out your ears in furious torrents. An extra 250 HP with zero resistances doesn't really constitute "tanky". Try tanky damage items like Wriggles Lantern and Hexdrinker and follow into a PD. Hexdrinker can actually be built into a useful item for lategame now and you can always just sell Wriggle's into a BT if the game goes on long enough. Phage/Frozen Mallet are likely also good options if you really need health over resistances. Olaf or Irelia on the enemy team for example. Just ignore Tri-force unless you really know you can afford it and tanky items at the same time.

Also, remember that his real passive is the no unit collision. The AD is just icing on the cake.