Talk:Iceborn Gauntlet/@comment-187.158.6.11-20121203224616/@comment-197.1.194.78-20121225091837

Actually tried it in a game, and was kinda disappointed. The cost is too high, 40 AP isn't enough to do something noticeable in Rammus' damages, and the slow isn't that reliable with Rammus' kit (especially when you use these click-and-drag techniques lategame when enemies are turtling under their turrets). There are just better options for Rammus in high-end kinda 'luxury' items. Here are some examples.

-Just killed Baron and enemy team is turtling under their inhibitor turret? Buy an Ohmwrecker and Dive! Dive! Dive!

-Need CDR & Mana? Your new best friend is Frozen Heart. I used to be against building Frozen Heart on Rammus (couter-effective with his Taunt+DBC combo), but it's indeed a great great item on Rammus (solves ALL your mana issues, and being able to do two Powerballs in a teamfight really makes a difference)

-You want a boost in AP to profit from the amazing 1:1 ratio on Powerball and good overall ratio on Tremors? Buy a Rylai's: 500 more hp are always welcome, 80 AP=80more dmg on your Powerball and a possible 192dmg increase on Tremors.. not really much, but it's never bad to do more damage and the amazing thing about Rylai's on Rammus: the permaslow. First, you go in with Powerball -> augmented AOE slow; then, you taunt your target and turn on your DBC: all targets attacking you will be slowed by Rylai's; and you can turn on your ultimate too, which will slow everything in a 300-unit radius, which means that it'll be a bit harder for them to get out of the AOE, which equals to more 'ticks' from Tremors taken => more dmg.

[wow, just realised I wrote a loooooong comment]

On a final note, if you want to 'effectively troll' (=doing something unconventional that works) with Rammus: Doran Shield, Merc Treads then buy a Giant's Belt, a Negatron Cloak and a Chain Vest (order depending on enemy team type of dmg), while putting points alternatively in W and E, then you go Rylai's, Abyssal (the MR debuff works really well with Rammus), Zhonya (powerball->taunt->tremors->zhonya=FUN TIMES!).