Talk:Pantheon/@comment-70.79.143.203-20110705171122/@comment-3457312-20110706155308

Seems fine, especially if you want to harass liberally and not worry about mana early-game. I have most success with Pantheon going tanky as well, as opposed to going straight DPS. I usually go Brutalizer (for early damage, and usually enough ArPen until late-game), then get Phage (for additional HP and damage).

With Brutalizer and Phage (along with Armor and MR runes), I ask myself if I need to go more tanky or if I can afford to get more damage. If I find myself being burned down too quickly to be of any use, I finish my Phage into Frozen Mallet. However, if I find myself nabbing kills fairly easily or find myself playing comfortably, I get a B.F. Sword before finish Frozen Mallet. Regardless, my core items end up being: Brutalizer, Frozen Mallet, and Infinity Edge (or Atma's Impaler). The game usually ends around here, if not, then I usually choose accordingly among: Banshee's Veil (for additional tankiness), Atma's Impaler (or IE, depending what I got as core), finishing Ghostblade or just getting Last Whisper (depends on how much armor is being stacked).

He tends to lose his spark in late-game, but that's mostly because people go straight DPS and end up getting facemelted to 0 in under 2 seconds. If you go tanky, you may not have the crazy DPS but you'll have more than formidable damage output that you can sustain longer since you're tankier (a dead Pantheon = 0 DPS, no matter how much AD you stack).