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Reinforced Greaves
Breastplate of Regrowth
Blackthorn Hammer
Gladiator's Shield
Frostbound Hammer
The Crusher
Serrated Edge
Berserker's Shield
Mystical Mail
Runeforged Hammer
Shifter's Shield
Void Shield
Elixir of Defense
Elixir of Speed
Chalice of Healing
Healing Potion
Cloak of Meditation
Belt of Frenzy
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Now my feedback aligns quite a lot with bran.
for boots I myself wold also opt for
I know in teamfight modes double prot can be great early, but for
Like bran, I would also suggest building regrowth later especially in teamfight modes if you're playing as a tank no reason not to grab
With
Like bran, I feel you will gain a better advantage and more damage with
I myself would;t bother with
lastly
Some situationals I would change:
I would personally not really bother a lot with
So for me seeing as you're playing a teamfight 24/7 modes, I would go with a different approach. first identifying if I need to be the main tank (in joust unless a guardian or another warrior is picked you will often become a more of a support as the tanky character. although in this case I would not pick chaac as he can't really peel that well. only pick him in a double bruiser comp in joust) or can be a bruiser. My prefered build will usually be something like this (will give them with some situationals)
Teamfight tank:
Core/first 3 items
cadeuces shield (mitigate the effect of anti heal and if anti heal is not present it gives you a lot of sustainability and some more damage).
after this core it's time for some dedicated by situation dependent defense. At this point threats will have developed and been identified, so you will have to decide if you need magical or physical defense. The easy way to do this is being checking which source puts out the most damage/kills (checkable with T, Y if you died and tab). also keep in mind if the source is AA focused gods and your team.
Against physical options:
Against magical option:
after picking one of each dedicated prot types we will have 1 item left this one can be more defense or an offensive item. the four choices will often become:
any of the above dedicated prot items
heartseekr or brawler's beatstick as offensive options.
you can also go with shield of regrowth or
Now if you prefer a bruiser playstyle the above changes a bit:
core
cadeuces shield (cadeuces can be delayed to 4th slot in place of a below health option)
the dedicated section changes slightly depending on the plan it's either 2 dedicated prot items or a health double prot item.
against magical:
agaisnt physical:
double prot:
guantlet of thebes (best single item defensive prot in the game)
Health option:
shield of regrowth or more situationally
and lastly finish it off with
For the boots swap either one of the dedicated or double prot items or
Lastly one note on the relics I would get used to using
Reinforced Greaves is a viable boots option. That said, depending on how you build, and especially for non-Conquest modes, you may want to take as much advantage of his ability scaling as possible. He's got pretty decent scaling for most of his abilities, including (esp) his heal and his ult. There's a reason 
Warrior Tabi is the most popular boots option for him.
- So Shield of Regrowth is 2nd. I wouldn't build it this early personally, but the price is low, it has CDR, and you'll get that nice boost of MS every time you use your 3. There's a lot to like about the item on him, but I'd also suggest considering this a bit later in the build.
- Reinforced plays a bigger role here because your 2nd AND your 3rd items don't have protections. I would generally suggest against this if you're building tanky or bruiser. Reinforced has stacking prots up to 21 of each, but that's on the low side, and any initial hits you take, you'll take the full damage. It's not a good substitute for true prots. It's not a bad item, but in the case of your 2nd and 3rd items, I'd build one of the two as item #2 if you prefer, and then delay the other later. Blackthorn is a popular 2nd item, at least in some previous patches, so I'd suggest that.
Gladiator's Shield I assume is in there for the additional CD but also the bruiser stats. Although it's a decent item, 40 prots isn't much, and being your first full prot item, I think it should be something different. My personal preference for a phys prot bruiser item would be 
Void Shield in most cases.
Frostbound Hammer can be pretty nice for him, combining with his 3 to give a huge slow to enemies. But it's now the 5th item and you don't have an item with dedicated / significant magical prots. None of your situational options do either. Mages will absolutely blow you up. What it's looking like here is significant imbalance of stats.
- You end with
The Crusher, which is a nice offensive item in general, but not sure it fits well here. If you want bigger offensive impact from a single item, you probably should be considering 
Heartseeker.
- Your situational items are interesting, and functional in some cases, but based on your main build direction, don't know which I would choose to sub out for others.
In the end, my personal preference would contain the following adjustments:If your reason for reinforced is because your next 2 items in the "main build" don't have protections, I understand it, but I think those next 2 items should also be considered.
1. Use Warrior as base boots.
2. Move Regrowth to a later spot or list only as situational. You don't need Regrowth as much since your 3 has a strong slow for a good duration...and you especially don't need it as much if you're also investing in Frost.
3. You can choose Blackthorn 2nd. It'll satisfy some early CDR needs and make sure you don't run out of mana for long.
4. Your next item really should have protections. If you want balanced prots, you can go for
5. Consider getting any further of the above mentioned items, but you can also slot Regrowth in here.
In the end, here is a build example:
-
It's got better survivability and honestly better damage potential. You have less up-front CDR, but can make up for that late, while also having increased healing potential, better burst from HS, etc.
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If I recall correctly slows don't stack well intensity wise, as after 40% of slow DR will apply so you won't hit a 70% slow more something like a 50-55% one, making frostbound slightly useless when
That said, combining Chaac's MS slow on his 3 with Frost will make the enemy move like molasses (not going below the MS floor of 150), and is of course helpful when the 3 isn't active. FYI your calc is correct, it would be 53.8% slow.
Wording considered, "useless" is an extreme word and it's weird to apply "slightly" to it. Rather, it'd be better to say "less effective."
In any case, FB is no longer listed so it's a moot point. =)
In that case I would say barely effective as you gain less than 50% of the slow during rain dance.