I guess many people like new Warmog for crazy regen vs poke. But my personal favourite is Sterak's Rage. The fury passive has 45 sec CD, so it synergizes with mark/dash (40 sec CD). Which means, you have free shield and massive dmg boost ready for every engage.
I Am Abømination1 votesI like the Titanic Hydra addition because I often find myself in a situation where I'd like more tankiness, but still need damage if I'm AD. Before I could pretty much only get those stats with black cleaver. Warmogs is crazy good in ARAM now. it's hilarious on Soraka because she just heals her whole team while regenning like a mundo with ult. Randuins is nice against ashe/yasuo/yi. Overall I actually like the new item additions. Not so sure about Thornmail though. I've heard people saying it's garbage now but I haven't really had a chance to test it out.
Zielmann1 votesThornmail, I think, would be super situational now. You'd have to be up against an all-AD team for it to really make sense. It used to be an easy mid-late armor purchase for games when the other team had an ADC or two. Heck, there were times I'd run it on non-tanks, even. So for those cases, it is worse than before. But I feel like in the right situation, where you can truly stack tons of armor with it, it's probably better.
And shush about the Mog's soraka... I really prefer people not know about that one >.>
On the topic of Mog's, I do think it might prove to be too much for ARAM. I sorta wish they had left the old version in for ARAM, and only changed it on SR. It was in a fine spot before. Remember, before it's previous rework, it was actually a banned item in ARAM. I worry it might need to go back to that status after this latest rework.
Sterak's and Atma'sTitanic Hydra are pretty cool, though. I feel like they create some fun new options for tanks/bruisers in ARAM without being absurd in power.
IlyaK19861 votesDisagree on mogs being too much. I'm at 1900 MMRish, and barely anyone gets it, because sure, it may be good selfishly, but it'll barely help you if the rest of your team gets squished around you. Also, when you think about it, say you emerge at 1% HP from a fight...it's going to take you around 40s to get all of your HP back. You may as well have died anyway. It's very, very good, yes, but sort of a necessary balancing factor to the oppressiveness of a massive poke comp.
Jeddite1 votesI only build Warmog's on champions that have health-regen as part of their kit (Garen, Mundo, Volibear). But even then, it's not a good first item due to the 3,000HP requirement. After a Sunfire/Randuin, Spirit Visage, Heart of the Mountain, and Locket -- if the game isn't over, then a Warmog's. Maybe.
I'd still remove Warmog's from ARAM (again). The Overlord's Bloodmail is a better fit -- health regen on kill/assists, but not_ LOLHP5LOL_ sustain that Riot has, previously, considered "toxic" for ARAM. Which is precisely why it was removed in the first place.
