Talk:Olaf/@comment-24073465-20140516102055

Guys, I've been trying this out for the last couple of matches and it's been working splendidly for me, but has anyone tried rushing Thornmail on this guy?(Only against AD lanes though; if facing Cho or Kayle or something, go the usual hexdrinker route)

I know, I know, it doesn't sound good, but I find that in the recent games, rushing thornmail has given me lots of early armor which helps against my lane, and really helps in dueling in conjunction with my W, in which whenever they AA me, they hurt themselves (and most don't think of getting early MR, so any magic would hurt them more than physical), and I lifesteal it back from their soon-to-be-carcass, putting the HP gap even more.....add Q and E and you become a beast....

While I know that Frozen Heart and Randuins offers you better stats at points (Mana, CDR, Same Amount of Armormovement and atk spd slowing aura in FH;Half Armor, HP, atk slowing passive, and atk+Movement slowing active in Randuins) I find that Thornmail helps in those cases like Yi, Fiora or Tryn where a 20% slow doesn't mean much when each hit can eat up about 200 HP or so, and crits are even worse....

After thornmail, I usually take Warmogs, MR items (SV,Banshee,Maw,etc), BOTRK/Hydra, etc.

So, is Thornmail a good item for Olaf or am I simply think too much of it and other items are actually better?