Talk:Olaf/@comment-96.37.235.89-20111019170915/@comment-89.167.76.163-20111025101645

@Ryuji2 Don't get me wrong there, my first post was mostly a reply to Dirrwen's and the fact that 450 more HP provided by Mallet, compared to TF is "a little bit more". Like I've said, feel free to build your Champion the way you please, what I've said it's my opinion only.

But, to provide some positive feedback - it's true that many meele bruisers like Irelia or Jarvan IV build Trinity Force as core items for solo top. It's rather uncommon to see Olaf in lane, especially going for solo top, in 90% of my games I was jungling with him. But I suppose that if you'd like to try laning with him, Trinity Force *might* be useful - not as much as on Irelia (Bladesurge applies it's proc) or Jarvan (synergizes very well with his passive, providing a massive burst damage) but certain rate of early survivability, damage, and utility stats provided by it's parts, combined with common gold/5 items might help you sustain yourself in lane. Also, it's certainly better than going for "full DPS" builds on him, just to get one-shot killed by any AP or AD carry in the other team.

So yeah, go for Trinity Force if you so desire. It might seem better than hoarding gold for "Atmog's" build, you might be getting more kills thanks to it in mid-ELO games, since it's not necessary to go for the most efficient builds there. Still, I prefer to go for "Atmog's" with Frozen Mallet myself, it works much better for me.