Talk:Pantheon/@comment-26267351-20151123133131/@comment-25932195-20151124133559

Typically Ionian Greaves would be better from a caster point of view as Pantheon deals mostly physical damage. However, several of the keystone masteries do additional >>magic<< damage which may provide a case for sorcerer's shoes if additional synergy is added, such as Lord Van Damm's Pillager on the Twisted Treeline, Bami's Cinder and it's upgrades, Thornmail... It's not ideal in the sense that it would help 100-0 someone as much as quickly doing a 2nd rotation of Pantheon's combo would.

As an assassin Pantheon is one of the few that must do multiple rotations of his combo to kill, unlike Zed or Talon that have executioner skills (Zed's R, Talon's W). But to be assassin-ish Pantheon becomes quite frail, so it becomes a race against time of 'win the game before he falls off' or 'mix in tanky stats to not get popped'. The latter is like falling on your own sword because there aren't many armor items that add kill pressure, either via cooldown reduction or a one-time bonus damage proc, limited to Iceborn Gauntlet, Frozen Heart, and Dead Man's Plate.

With the current masteries and items, I find it better to either go full brawler with 2 damage items and good initiation, or full assassin with no bonus HP and no armor in hopes to better utilize Lord Dominik's Regards.