Talk:Volibear/Strategy/@comment-46.13.244.124-20120216171948/@comment-189.102.49.28-20120407022738

If you can pull it off, rageblade is an GREAT option for Volibear. You just have to consider that you need to survive long enough to get those stacks and more to actually make them work.

I only go for Rageblade when I'm not tanking... Since Rageblade makes you stack AP you will be wasting your money if you buy it just for Attack Speed. I would advise getting a Nashor's Tooth instead of Ionick Spark just so you can get more CDR. You will be able to spam your E and your Ult more and will be able to profit from the AP and Attack Speed much more.

While you're at it you may want to build a Rylai's instead of Frozen mallet since you will be doing much more crowd control and get more AP from it. Get Warmog, Mercs and Atmas or other tank Item and you will have you Hybrid DPS Offtank Volibear. You can also get a Zhonyas so you can have more sustain (you can use it to get 1/3 of your passive to work without getting ignited or bursted), it works pretty well.

It's very fun to play that way, but may be hard to pull it of.

I'm a fan of AP volibear even though most people don't like it. I think you can make it work very well if you have a team to support that. You will need another True Tank on the team and you will probably be unable to solo a lane that way (which I don't think you should since volibear sucks at farming and is easily kited to easily go alone on a lane. you can do it, but if the enemy really knows how to play, you're screwed).