Talk:Volibear/@comment-5209745-20120828191422/@comment-96.23.114.187-20120829011228

Voli got 2 huge weakness

1. He's easy to kit (like most champ without 'dash' ability ex: udyr, xin, sion, etc)

2. He's item dependant.

Philosopher's stone and Heart of gold are always nice first items

The GP5 will let you leave your lane without hurting your gold income and you'll complete both items later because shurelya's reverie will give you an additional gasp closer and randuin's omen is simply awesome as it force ppl to stop focusing you and give you another AOE slow.

After your GP5 you should work on your warmorg and merc boots.

Frozen mallet is nice to have but if you start making warmorg AND frozen you're going be stuck farming all game and you'll just be a huge brick who doesnt do anything, so the other team will ignore and focus your team, which is inconvenient when you're a tank. BUT, if you get atma impaler you can turn that hp into decent dmg. SO only go for it if you're doing extremely well or get Frozen late game.

The rest is up to you depending on the team you're facing.

Don't go pure HP, it's always a bad idea and I also don't recommend you to go AS or AD simply because ppl won't let you get close. You have 1 pretty average gasp closer and no one's going to let you walk to them and wait for you to start getting frenzy stack (unless they know they can take you).

and to directly answer your questions

how many HP: Warmog/Frozen with Reverie si usally enough, don't neglet your MR/Armor

Force of nature: Yes, unless they have a crazy AD team

Should I build some ASPD on him: Hell no

Frozen mallet: Yes, but don't start making all the super expensive items, your team need you. No one like the guy who's farming all game and's never there when needed.