Yup,
Spirit of the Ancient Golem does indeed suck **** on non-junglers. And even on most junglers it's still bad lol. Not sure why you want to actually make a build focused on that item for top lane lol.
And if you're gonna go J4 you should abused his stupid lane damage imo. philosopher's stone is the exact opposite of that, you trade damage for late game monies. I'd only play him if I know my jungler will gank a lot/camp my lane because J4's CC and damage is so stupid (but he runs out of mana quickly as hell though so you need a gank to make sure you kill)

And if you're gonna go J4 you should abused his stupid lane damage imo. philosopher's stone is the exact opposite of that, you trade damage for late game monies. I'd only play him if I know my jungler will gank a lot/camp my lane because J4's CC and damage is so stupid (but he runs out of mana quickly as hell though so you need a gank to make sure you kill)
Jarvan top is OK, his matchups overall are pretty shaky which is his main problem. His mana problems aren't that bad if you get used to him and he can really go to town on passive enemy top laners by abusing his passive, but its hard to overcome some matchups.

Bro, bring him mid and build him full AD with a randuins at the end for justice. Enemy team says GG too fast.
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Getting a philo on j4 is a throwback to metagolem, which was a very popular bruiser build back in S2 (R.I.P. HOG). Yes it CAN work if you want lategame dominance and can trust your jungler to give great ganks top for you to have advantage that way, but alot of pros rush a bruta then build nearly straight tank after that. Just IMO.

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Re read it... I think the point here is to get the high amount of health regen from the philo and spirit stones together for good lane staying power, then getting the good health boost, extra armor, and tenacity from SotAG leaving your boot choice more open instead of being forced to get the merc treads to get your tenacity. The neutral monster damage passive is ignored because the other stats are pretty damn good for the price. All that considered, if you are facing an AD top laner and the enemy mid lane has gotten shut down pretty hard, a viable option. But a situational one.

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start with juvy bead and fairy charm. when you go back with money get a philostone and a spirit stone.
spirit stone gets upgraded to a
what do you think of that?