Problem Building Jungle Aatrox Defensively

[quote=PinSeventy]As one of the band-wagoners who impulse bought [[aatrox]], I must initially say that I love him. I main jungle, and he provides a kind of play style that is different from the type of jungler I usually play, which I welcome greatly. I only have one complaint with him, and that is that I have a difficult time building him hard-tank when starting [[hunter's machete]], which is really the only viable choice in the current meta. The obvious first comment would be "Why don't you just build [[spirit of the ancient golem]]?" Sure it is the 'tank' item for most all junglers, but there are a couple problems with it: [color=#00ff00]1)[/color] The mana regen is obviously wasted on [[aatrox]] (which is not that big a deal, it's just important to note), and [color=#00ff00]2)[/color] you don't build [[hunter's machete]] into [[spirit stone]] with a regular [[aatrox]] build. Instead you build it into [[madred's razors]], usually on your first back. For me, this occurs around 7 or 8 minutes into the game, at which time it's still difficult to decided whether it would be the right choice to [color=red]abandon[/color] the normal build by building a [[spirit stone]] as an ultimately tankier choice. It may seem like an overreaction to worry about one item while jungling, and often times it is. If the opportunity arises when selling my [[wriggle's lantern]] in order to buy a [[randuin's omen]] and the latter is what I need to have, then of course I will do so. However, gold can be tight in the jungle, especially in close games where every bit counts. So therein lies my dilemma. Am I over concerned about the importance of what I build out of [[hunter's machete]] or have I pointed out something that is a real problem for [[aatrox]] jungle? Not matter the answer, I will continue to play and enjoy this new champion in the jungle, I just hoped to spark some interesting conversation. -PinSeventy[/quote]

[quote=MyRepublic]That's a problem any non mana using jungler has. I rarely jungle so I don't know the answer, but I'd like to cuz I've run into this conundrum.[/quote]

[quote=tehAsian]Buy Razors, don't upgrade to Wriggles, GJ you now have ~1500g to spend.[/quote]

[quote=MyRepublic]Woah I've been doin it right? What planet am I on right now?[/quote]

[quote=luizdeh][quote=tehAsian] Buy Razors, don't upgrade to Wriggles, GJ you now have ~1500g to spend. [/quote] Quote for truth and thread[/quote]

[quote=Vapora Dark][quote=tehAsian] Buy Razors, don't upgrade to Wriggles, GJ you now have ~1500g to spend. [/quote] mind = blown[/quote]

[quote=Joshified]I don't really see [[aatrox]] as much of a jungler. His top lane is just too ridiculously strong to miss out on.. Plus he would scale quite poorly coming out of the jungle, with a lack of farm [[aatrox]] becomes pretty useless.[/quote]