Talk:Volibear/@comment-5122602-20121211155017/@comment-5.83.71.124-20121214060417

Try to get a Philo Stone earlier so you can keep itemizing for in case that you get trouble when farming. Merc's are a must on Voli, Tabi should only be considered when the enemy comp lacks of CC (Which should never happen). When the right time comes, always get the Alacrity Enchantment so you can engage faster (Thus, better) with your Q. Then try to get items that give defense and also scale with his kit. Warmog's is a staple on him, as well as Randuin's and Shurelya's for their actives, which work wonders combined with his E and Q respectively. You can either get a Spirit Visage in order to raise your HP regen, or rather a Banshee's so you can initiate better for your team. Last item should improve your damage and still get you some tankiness, so either get a Wit's End for magic damage or an Atma's Impaller for physical. As I said in the thread above, you may have to drop any damage items in order to counter both the TBC and Liandry's threat, so you should consider a Runic Bulwark as your last item too.

S3 basically has given Voli worse itemization. Can't itemize so fast as before due the removal of HoG, Warmog's is not as strong as before, and neither SV nor BV can compare with the good old FoN. And I'm not forgetting that the Ionic Spark was far better than the new Statikk Shiv on him, at least the first one made him a bit more tankier. Plus, besides the out-of-necessity Runic Bulwark, the only new item choice is Spirit of the Ancient Golem for either jungling or retarded full AD comps.