Talk:Volibear/@comment-80.59.46.125-20130224221041/@comment-75.87.169.73-20130225123531

The reason why spirit of the ancient golem is not as cost effective as a simple madreds is the cost difference. The 400 upgrade is much more cost effective than the 2100 upgrade and it only takes one trip back, then a quick locket introduces shield teamfight power into his kit, allowing his team to have the advantage. Furthermore, after finishing your locket and then working into an Aegis grants your team even greater resolve in teamfights, thus making teamfights sway in your favor and win the game effectively. This is a team game, not an individual game which makes teamfighting items like Locket and Aegis more effective than wasting your time on a spirit of the ancient golem. Additionally, moba boots can be good in the right situation, but that 1000 gold is now gone which could have easily been accounted for in runes/masteries which wastes another 1000 gold in your kit including the already 1700 from golem. Also, Atmas and Frozen Mallet may seem amazing on Volibear, but infact attack speed synergizes extremely well with Volibears kit and actually deals more damage than additional AD ever will in Volibear's kit. Attack speed amplifies his damage output through his ultimate which can reach multiple targets, not just one like the AD from Atmas. Frozen Mallet is a waste of gold because it is already not cost effective on top of the fact that the slow is redundent in Volibear's kit and the health can be bought with greater defenses in other items making this a poor choice. Not to mention that the AD does not work into his kit in anyway, very situational item.