2013-09-18, 07:19 PM
Imagine Wrote:I'm assuming a top lane tank/bruiser.
Most bruisers actually get damage before defense like a brutalizer on pantheon regardless they are winning or losing the lane, Doran's shield+ninja tabi is more than enough and that's assuming you started out with a doran's shield as your starting item.
You want to be scary to her when the time is right, not build defense so she isn't afraid of you. Get a few damage and going full defense is legit though. Rushing a bunch of tanky items really early isn't. Chances are by the time you get the tanky items you need to make her do no damage it's basically time for drag/tower fights. Now imagine you are a bruiser without any real or big cc. Not much you can do during mid game now can you, you can soak some damage but you have no damage to be a threat to them.