Talk:Talon/@comment-217.10.60.85-20110824152254/@comment-4031457-20110824192359

@Zaroph: Jax, J4 and Rumble have no sustain, and they've been doing solo top fine. Clearly weaker than other solo tops because he has no inherent sustain, but it just means that in terms of itemization, he has a need to start defensively as the two of them do.

This would probably be why Phreak builds him with with HP5 Quints (as opposed to HP, AD or ArP) and a Doran's Shield (as he also did with Rumble), but you could also start with Armor + 5 HPots -> Wriggles, or what I'd probably go with, Regrowth Pendant + HPot -> Philosopher's Stone.