Talk:Pantheon/@comment-3238314-20121217224055

I've been having a blast playing him post-preseason patch. after the arpen changes and new items, i feel like you can do alot more in top lane.

Since the boots nerf, i felt better about going with longsword - 2pots first, but if all you want to do is survive the first minutes while you can level up some skills, start with crystal flask and lots of pots+a ward.

I usually go for a fast brutalizer, and get crystal flask if i didn't start with it already. It denies 300 hp worth of damage, and gives 3 extra spears for harassment. I also grab one or two doran blades. I finish cleaver, then i build bloodthirster and last whisper. To live, i build guardian angel and runic bullwark. now that BC gives hp and runic gives around 400hp, this will make you very tanky, while letting you still deal tons of damage. I prefer bullwark above frozen mallet because all the resists, plus the aura and regen are worth more to me than 300 extra hp, a small source of AD + a slow that you're not really using anyway; since you deal tons of damage