Talk:Volibear/@comment-98.251.4.152-20120902182231

So, looking at his kit, I have to wonder about the following build:

(In no particular order:) Rylais, Rod of Ages, Merc Treads, Wit's End, Randuin's, Force of Nature.

~1.7k bonus health, 160 ap (translates to 96 bonus damage on e, 48 per hit per target on ulti), 40% AS, ~150 bonus MR, 75 bonus armor. I suppose you could easily trade the Wit's end for an Ionic Spark once you have the Force, as you shouldn't really need the extra magic resist from the Wit's at that point. The only major downside to the build is the ~15k gold necessary for it, 16k if you sell the Wit's End to get the Spark. You can wait to upgrade the heart of gold for a while, but it's still going to be rather prohibitively expensive.... Build order would be an issue, too. Something like:

Philo Stone -> Boots -> HoG -> Wit's End/Ionic Spark -> Merc Treads -> Catalyst -> Chain Vest -> Rod of Ages (REALLY late, but no good time to build it before here =\ ) -> Randuin's -> Rylai's -> Sell Philo for Force

This is probably the best order I can foresee for it. You get tons of useful, even necessary, stats for the guy, I just don't think it's a feasible build for most games. I also worry about squishiness with the build, sitting at the mid-to-upper 100's for both armor and magic resist, with just over 3.5k health.