2011-02-20, 01:02 PM
Eddikins Wrote:Gonna write all this down, thank you
Whats wrong with warmog though? I played a game against a Mundo who stacked warmogs and he was annoying as hell to bring down.. Can you not do the same type of thing with tanks?
Warmog's is a situational item for tanks. There are times it's worth getting, and times it will hurt you, and for some tanks it's not nearly as good as other items. If you see the other team building Madred's Razors, a warmog's isn't going to help much because the more HP you have, the more magic damage you will be receiving each hit by their ad carry. On the other hand, if you're going against Singed, Teemo, Urgot, and any other characters with lots of tick damage, a Warmog's would be a good thing to get since more HP = greater surviability, and more regen = greater chance of surviving encounters against said characters.
I generally play Cho'Gath for pure Tank and Nasus as an off Tank. If they have a balanced team, and no Madreds, I usually go Thornmail/Randuin's, Sunfire Cape/Aegis, Banshee's Veil, Force of Nature/Spirit Visage, Merc Treads, Warmogs. Not in that order persay, but that combination of items would be my end game. If you're doing well before lvl 11, stacking HP is the way to go. Also, it's particularly useful to rush a catalyst from your Veil as it will give you the most bang for your buck the earlier you get it. Shortly after lvl 11 is when you'll start getting into team fights so you want as close to 150 armor and magic resist as soon as you possibly can. Generally that means you build one armor item and one mr item. Depending on who you're fighting depends on what you go with first. A lot of games I'll end up with a Banshee's Veil, Sunfire Cape, and Merc Treads with a Regrowth pendant. Gives a fair amount of Health, Armor, and MR. After that, depending on who is doing the most damage to me, I'll start stacking armor, MR, or health, though I try to keep it fairly balanced.
Nasus on the other hand, rarely gets all that because a Trinity Force on him makes him dangerous enough that if ignored, he can kill squishy characters quite well. So for him, my endgame against a balanced team would look like this: Merc Treads, Sunfire Cape/Frozen Heart, Trinity Force, Randuin's/Aegis, Banshee's veil, Spirit Visage/Force of Nature. You can get Guardian's angel as well to replace one of those items, but it's a situational item since a carry having it is usually far better than the tank. A carry coming back to life may mean death for the other team. Nasus as an offtank might be worth having it on, especially since a few hits from him will regen him pretty quick, but I don't generally get it on Cho until pretty late end game, if at all.
Also, if you're wondering why I include Spirit Visage as a possibility, it's because Nasus and Cho'Gath both gain more from it than other tanks like Rammus or Amummu. Nasus has a natural 10-20% lifesteal, so adding it boosts the amount that heals quite nicely, while Cho'Gath gains health from minions kills, and if he already has a warmogs, it boosts that effectiveness quite a bit.