Top Lane Volibear

[quote=TheKut]I just started playing [[Volibear]] top in normals, mostly for the lvl 10 nostalgia, but I noticed he's quite fun there and if he's not countered - which he is easily in top - he's really strong. My build path though has been a bit of a clusterfuck since it's been quite a while since I played him. I enjoy playing him a bit offensive so I thought my items should be [[Ninja Tabi]]/[[Mercury's Treads]], [[Spirit Visage]], [[Statikk Shiv]], [[Blade of the Ruined King]], [[Randuin's Omen]] and either [[Warmog's Armor]], [[Sunfire Cape]] or [[Banshee's Veil]]. Which order of which items would be optimal? And again, we're talking about normals.[/quote]

[quote=Nera]I would probably say a [[Blade of the ruined king]] first depending on how the lane phase goes, then into either a [[spirit visage]] or a [[randuin's omen]] depending on who's more fed on their team.Then build the other one you didn't build. If you want to do a bit more damage without sacrificing defensive stats, [[iceborn gauntlet]] could be an idea as well. not the best item on volibear but it does give him some extra armor while still giving him a power boost. Finally last item being a [[warmog's armor]] or something of the sort i guess that could give you extra beefiness yet that still adds damage to your w. I think it's something like that i would do. you could always replace the [[iceborn gauntlet]] to a [[sunfire cape]] if you prefer to go that route. Don't forget to build either your [[mercury's threads]] or [[ninja tabi]] depending on situation :). I don't play much [[volibear]] mind you and it's something i just came up with on the fly but i think it should somewhat work :). Nera[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]I wouldn't build [[Blade of the Ruined King]] first, just abuse [[Frenzy]]'s base damage and build tanky ([[Sunfire Cape]] / [[Randuin's Omen]] + [[Spirit Visage]]) before looking into offensive items like BotRK (note that despite building tanky the bonus health from these items will increase [[Frenzy]]'s damage). I'd also grab [[Wit's End]] over [[Statikk Shiv]] as I feel he doesn't really benefit from the crit chance and doesn't need the item's passive (unless your team completely lacks waveclear / you want to splitpush faster, I guess). [[Warmog's Armor]] or [[Thornmail]] should be decent choices as a last item. Finally, it should be noted that [[Boots of Swiftness]] is a great choice vs teams with a lot of slows.[/quote]