What items do you build for a particular champion that people don't usually build, but you can not seem to go without
I think this item is soo amazing for her, Tenacity, CDR, Movement Speed Boost, and AD all rolled into one. I love it.
Astral Duck7 votes
on 
bbbbates2 votes
Wheatloaf5 votes
on 
. Support. I don't care what anyone says, I may be a support, but I wanna kill people >:[
Knight SoIaire 4 votesthis actualy is not a weird choice
SnowFall5 votes
THERE IS NO HIDING FROM MAH KLIVARRZ
PaladinNeph3 votesI used to do this so much. grabbed spellvamp too, to actually heal off of them XD
Worgslarg4 votes
After lizard and trifrorce, a third damage item is asking to die in fights.
YoungManhatten2 votesYou've no idea how long it took to get this concept into my thick ass skull that udyr can't afford a third damage item lol.
Worgslarg1 votesIts mainly the fact that unless extremely fed, you dont have enough gold for 3 damage items and then a tank item, all before you hit teamfights.
Pryotra1 voteslol, I usually nab golems instead, so this actually fits into my build.
Can't resist the free ward, if I get yellow trinket, only ward I need to buy is my pinks, and I only need to get one if A) my first one dies/will die soon, or b) have a stealth enemy champ in teamfights like akali, where the pink still counters them.
A Superb Villain3 votes
and 
More health than Randuin's, bonus mana, and a little bit of extra AP. Helps me hit a little harder and I can spam abilities during team fights without having to worry about going OOM.
QuickshotGGEZ3 votesRunnans+sword of the divine on jinx, its so fun 3 hitting everyone grouped up.
Sword of the divine on twitch, auto auto auto tank and kill the back line
Pryotra3 votes
- for defensive itemization if I am getting ultra focused, or against champions like morde or udyr that are hard countered by slows. Those lazar slows are pretty powerful, considering that they are AoE.
- When I can get ahead early, I like this item. So much sustain in lane, and your damage is bonkers until they get to late game.
- If I fall behind against an AP enemy laner, or am continuously dived, this item can put me back in the game. The extra slows help with landing flash frost, or self peel multiple divers. Not to mention that MS REALLY helps, and Anivia can indeed use that CDR, if she can't afford better.
Wullf2 votesjust yesterday i was thinking of RoA for Leona but I though it too crazy.
Pryotra2 votesIf your lane is getting a huge lead early, and you are taking full advantage of your early gold item, chances are this Item is pretty good for her. You save on pots, and if you can finish it, it gets you tankier and more lethal with every level. This is good, as it provides plenty of reason to focus you over your budding carry. Downside is that you will still be spending money on wards to make up the difference, but if you are stomping your lane you should be able to afford both.
A good buy early, but if you can't get that gold in lane, or are generally struggling, get other things.
ploki1221 votesWhy not just abyssal in that case? It allows you to use that extra cash instantly and offers more team-wide utility.
Pryotra1 votesBecause unless the enemy ap is snowballing that early AND ganking, the MR isn't that useful, and the passive is mahogany until teamfights.
Meanwhile, RoA gives you hp per level, mana per level, sustain, and damage, it also lets you stay in lane. Win win win, if you can afford it.
Jinxed Amulet3 votes on 
with 
because I wanna piss everyone off with perma-slows all day
Noctis Lunaris2 votes
for Blue Build Viktor Support
alongside Youmu's for dem Crit bursts
lol I'm just AA'ing you while you fail to kill me
I feel terrible at first, But it's worth.
I'm uncatchable and dat passive synergy tho
I'm baaaaaaaack~
Wullf1 votesTHough I did not have balls as thresh to buy . I must say its active goes well with his other abilities. As it gives him better chance to land hook or flay.
Though I still better like relic shield because you need him to be tanky.
Noctis Lunaris1 votesI don't like Relic in-lane however, as you don't get the execute and you're forced to use you Flay passive instead. The reason I like the FQC line is that I can save my Flay passive for harrassing, and when I get the active It's 2gud. It gives up some early health, but you get souls so it's K
MrBuffington2 votes 
12tales1 votes
Not actually a guilty pleasure, in that I'm not guilty about it. The build is the product of about a week of number crunching, which ultimately revealed that the item is ludicrously good on him.
ChaosThief1 votes
jungle, 
. It works out, but apparently EVERYONE seems to think wriggles can't work on anyone except auto-only champions like 
.
Willahelm Fulber3 votesI actually find 
is better than , seeing as the Health Boost from Ancient Golem allows you to dive the enemy team, grab your target, and get out with a decent amount of health still up, whereas WL/FF is damage, something skarner doesn't really need in his current balance arrangement.
ChaosThief1 votesI mainly rely on autos and end up just outrunning anyone in a fight, tending to stick on the outside...
I have to try golem's again, but I didn't like how slowly it cleared.
Willahelm Fulber1 votesSkarner has an insanely fast clear speed compared to most other junglers (tank junglers especially) if you just take attack speed quints. It's not much more than without them but it'll probably help with what you don't like about his clear; once you get frostborn you clear camps extremely quick (phoenix udyr quick) but the reason I pick up ancient golem is because skarner is tanky and does a decent amount of damage with a large amount of utility. Building damage doesn't make sense on him to me.
MAZZ1M01 votesYoumuu's Ghostblade on Fiora. Sometimes I build it before Tiamat. It absolutely destroys champs and decimates turrets. The movement speed from the active is great for pushing lanes faster, dishing out more damage, and the movement speed is great for running away when you cut it close. Once you have Hydra with it... oh gawd... heavenly sword damn.
Feral Flare on Shyvana. Going defense seems like such a waste on her early on, especially considering she has no CC for ganks. I alternate what I build offense/defense as I go to stay balanced, but cannot go without Flare. The early damage is great. It synergizes amazingly well with her kit. I also feel like I get way more gold than I do with Ancient Golem or even Elder Lizard (though I'd never build it on her.) I haven't actually done the math, but it feels to good to just be in my head. It also saves me from having to drop money on BotRK as Flare already provides atk speed. I build Hydra instead which helps dominate lanes when I come in. Add in the Sunfire Cape after that and we are a GO! Captain enchant on boots turns me into a split-pushing beast late-game.
Runaan's Hurricane on Jinx. I typically only build it if I'm already ahead, but when I do, it's scary what Jinx can actually do with it. The attack speed is nice, but the aoe with her rocket in teamfights is why I really like it -especially if I already have high-damage items. It's a fun win-more for me.
Morellonomicon on Lulu. I love everything about it and it compliments my aggressive Lulu play perfectly. It solves all my mana problems by itself and gives me a nasty damage passive that I use on Warwick frequently. I usually rush it after Sightstone. It's funny, most of the time I pick Lulu, there's a WW on the enemy team to burn down. :P HA!
Essence Reaver on Hecarim -even more so now that the price is lowered. I did a lot of math comparing it to Trinity Force and Essence Reaver suit my purposed far better early game than Trinity Force does. The plain and simple: Sheen and Trin are damagemultipliers whereas ER gives you flat AD your skills can also benefit from. Also helps the crappy mana regen and dmg he has early game too. I love everything about it. The new 3200 price makes it comparable to Trinity Force now depending on what you're looking for between the two. I've had much better success with Hec as a result.
Essence Reaver on Graves. I usually build BT or IE after. The mana regen is so nice as it helps me spam skills more which keeps the lane a pain-in-the-ass for anyone I'm up against.
Also, Mercurial Scepter on everyone I've listed other than Lulu in the right situation. Cleanse is extremely underrated. I tend to build it more often on Riven than anyone else, but it's good all-around for dealing with CC. Put that on Riven and tell me you're not the stuff of nightmares.
I love playing with builds! <3 :)
Jesus is Savior1 votesMercurial Scimitar is also nice as a one-second ghost to secure kills.
Sometimes I'll rush it on Evelynn before building any armor just for the cleanse/ghost, because it helps me survive and get kills more than the early armor ever would.
Zondervain1 votesCould you, ah, explain the math behind your essence reaver hecarim?
MAZZ1M02 votesNevermind, I was treating the base AD as a constant, but it had some seriously significant high values making the Sheen spellblade outweigh ER's composite items. It feels weaker I think, but it actually does do much more. That's my b.
:( All that damn math... bah humbug. This is why I hated it in high school.
ShadowNinetails1 votes
on Fiora isn't that odd and 
is what she's supposed to do out of the jungle. isn't worth after losing its tenacity, 
only procs on physical damage while Shyv is about 70% magic damage, and 
...well...yeah. wastes no stats. Shyv greatly benefits from the attack speed, the AD, the %increase in gold, and the on-hit effect is just love for someone with a double auto attack reset.
SkyPiglet1 votes
with 
. Miss Fortune always needs mana regen early game anyway, and i end up getting 800+ gold with the passive. It feels like a waste **not **to buy what is essentially free gold and stats. Sometimes I even make a profit on the thing, especially if I sell it end-game. I've had games where Frostfang got me 1500 gold.
PaladinNeph1 voteshonestly, frostfang seems to be the only gold item I make a profit off of. I use it constantly, depending on the champ. usually, the deciding factor is "can you get the stacks?" and with MF... yes. one E. done.
honestly, I wish riot would do more with this item. it just gives me such a delight to smack someone in the face with a DoT and run, calling "thanks for the 30 gold, biaaaatch!" back over my shoulder
ploki1222 votesImo, minion kills needs to prevent you from triggering the gold passive for 5 seconds per minions, stacking up to 5-10. Right now, a lot of heavy pushers can actually take it in solo lane and proc the passive every few waves which is totally stupid.
Life Of Nami1 votesI absolutely love playing Ahri as an ADC. Trinity Force+Crit/LW/BT itemization.
She's a fantastic ADC when you build trinity ADC on her. Her Charm and hybrid damage output. Most fun ADC I've ever played.
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Deep Terror Nami1 votesAs a support, I often pick up regardless of champion. I just absolutely love its ability to provide escape AND chase assistance to the team, and also scout so I can deep ward safely especially when we're behind.
on occasion just to be fast :3
Pikmints2 votes Gotta follow my rainbow!
Tulare1 votes
for 
when playing support. It's not an item that I "can not seem to go without" but it's definitely a guilty pleasure. If we rock our lane early, I like to flaunt that aggression.
Mirage Night1 votesSo many cool combos in this thread.
ChickenWrap1 votes
Why don't people do this. It's just stupid. Especially against his hard counter of Irelia. I keep telling people to and they say "OK" and then build BRK and then Triforce.
No, Rush it against Irelia. Just do it.
ploki1221 votes 
, dat support getting some bonker poke in when paired with Backstab!
12tales1 votesTriforce on Shaco is standard. Burst damage, movespeed, hybrid stats, crit chance - what's not to love?
Dudermen1 votes with .
I don't fully know if this is meta or not (janna isnt too popular) but i do know that this increases your picking potential, something i feel janna lacks. This gives both teamfight cc as well as chasing/catching potential.
Syche1 votes
on
they never expect the support backdoor
SnowFall1 votes
enchantment furor
ShadowNinetails1 votes on 
. I usually take her in the jungle (I guess I could just as easily say on ) but when I'm forced to lane and not getting those early blue buffs, I find myself running oom all the freaking time. It's not like Diana's the type of champ to get 
or 
and 
are highly situational depending on enemy team comp meanwhile 
had its mana regen stripped so the only thing left in her "normal" build with mana support is and if you're getting that for the mana, you're doing it wrong. RoA solves that issue as long as you don't mind your power spike coming slightly slower, but it makes her a tanky beast once it's had a little time to grow (at full stacks, only and 
give more HP) while giving a good chunk of AP.
Catbat1 votesBloodthirster gnar CD boots vlad
