Poll: Is Mundo a tank or bruiser?
So, I've been playing a lot of Mundo recently, and running Phantom Dancer as my second or third item depending on the situation, with the rest full tank. With a 10% crit rune page and maxing my AD steroid first, I've been doing quite well, but people just b%&*$ up a storm every time they see anything but full tank. I ask, though, what makes a tank?
So, first, let's differentiate between Bruisers and Tanks. Really, the only difference between the two is one item. Bruisers build one damage item early and then build straight tank, while Tanks go tank all the way.
The way I see it, you need to be doing one of two things as a tank: applying CC on a low enough CD that living as long as possible minimizes the time the enemy gets to actually act, or posing enough of a threat that the enemy can't just ignore you. Nautilus is an example of the former, while Singed is an example of the latter.
The thing with Mundo, though, is that he has no CC aside from a 'meh' slow. He clearly doesn't fit into the first aspect. The problem with the latter aspect though, is that he just doesn't deal enough damage without any damage items. His steroid is nice, but it and his cleavers just aren't enough to make enemies pay attention to him.
Thus, I believe that Mundo is a Bruiser. He needs something to give him damage, and PD is exactly the item. ADC's build a trio of stats equally to maximize their damage: AD, AS, and Crit. Mundo brings the highest AD steroid in the game to the table, so building AS and Crit rounds out the triangle and maximizes his damage in exactly the same way. Since Mundo doesn't buy any other AS or Crit items to synergize off of, the fact that PD brings more raw stats makes it a better pick up than Shiv.
Besides, I have been told so many times that I really need to stop headbutting people, and that always makes me smile.

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instead so I don;t have to sacrifice my already weak early with a full crit rune page. Also the tenacity is nice

for AP