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Replace Berserker's Shield with Stone Cutting Sword and Ninja Tabi with Mantle of Discord after buying Elixir of Speed.
Replace Berserker's Shield with Mantle of Discord and Ninja Tabi with Qins Sais after buying Elixir of Speed.
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If it's the former, it's because you're probably won't be boxing the opponent until after you get Berserker's Shield and that usually happens around level 5, so you won't get much use out of Shield Bash at the beginnning of the match. Bludgeon is better for pressure and wave clear.
If it's the latter, it's because the main usefulness from Shield Bash are the block stacks, and that doesn't change when leveling up the ability.
Stone Cutting Sword goes very well with Bellona's passive. The Executioner is for helping physical allies by reducing enemies' protections (the same way magical solo laners build Spear of the Magus). Qin's Sais is there because I needed an Attack Speed item replacement for boots, and it goes well with The Executioner that's already in the build.
Also, you know I always look up to Deathwalker when it comes to solo builds, and he builds these items sometimes.
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Looks like he builds 2 pure damage items at most. Most recent SPL games he was in he built only stone cutting sword, (though he didn't sell boots yet).
Considering you have Void Shield in the build already, I could see you getting Stone Cutting and then selling boots for qin's. But having Executioner in the build to me seems pointless and a bit too squishy to have 3 damage items.
And I think you're right. Maybe I should add Spirit Robe in the example build, and remove one of the 3 damage items.
Don't like the Urchin third. Get physical defense or mystical if against a physical god in lane in that spot, and get urchin where you have mystical. Lategame you sell Beserker's shield for something like breastplate, mantle, void shield etc... Or Masamune and then sell boots for stone cutting for example.
Also change the start. get Round Shield, Chalice of Healing, 1 or 2 Healing Potion.
Also, not sure but Hide of the Urchin might be in there a bit early. Yes, it helps for stacking the passive, so that's okay, but you might want earlier directed protection against your lane enemy before getting balanced protections. Just a thought.
Midgardian Mail should always be a situational item. You could further expand your situational items, or separate them a bit. Make them into offensive and defensive situational items...with the offensive ones providing some form of either power or pen...things like Void Shield and Masamune in that category, with pure protection items being in the defensive category.
Heavenly Wings should also be a listed relic, IMO.
I've updated the build and added some explanations to the situational options. Let me know if I did it right.