Talk:Olaf/@comment-208.22.79.251-20121029123450/@comment-174.1.83.172-20121102025847

Swifties, Tabis, or Mercs. Mercs only if you need the early magic resist, the tenacity isn't so important because of your ult. You should be able to power through the initial CC barrage and level the nasty targets before they cool down. Swifties are amazing early game for catching people offguard. Especially if you are maxing Q.

Shurelya's is a given.

Soul Shroud is actually an excellent item to build into early. CDR, and mana for spam. A very nice chunk of HP too.

Frozen Mallet > Warmogs, hands down.

Maw of Malmortius, or if they have a ton of magic damage, Force of Nature.

Lastly, Atma's rounds this out.

If the game drags on, soul shroud can be replaced with Randuins.

The order is mostly up to you, but the build is cheap and provides a lot of core stats. Plenty of health, some good tankyness, and enough damage that your W should actually be pulling a ton of lifesteal for you when you need it. You'll be a brawling terror, and your Q will crap out potentially 700~ damage on their whole team with a good toss.