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Warrior Tabi
Creeping Curse
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Jotunn's Wrath
Voidblade
Qin's Blades
Deathbringer
Witchblade
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If you're here for a flask or 2 of mead you came to the wrong place, only thing we thirst for here is anything that oozes out from what Mjolnir bludgeons to Asgard and back.
This guide will show how to do just that by holding down your line and severely punishing anyone foolish enough to get in the way of your virginity taking hammer's wake. Many first bloods are due to this very fact.
Thor specializes in burying those fleeing from battle.
PROS
Thor's with high phys power items as it is.
Ymir, unlike Ymir this wall comes out straight forward from Thor as opposed to Ymirs being Perpendicular at range of Ymir's choosing, thus it takes more innovation to use Tectonic Rift effectively.
Building Thor with both durability and offense in Mind. You can't have a squishy Thor because you won't last long in the fray, your ult is a great escape but only in worst case scenarios.
I personally do not like purely defensive items on Thor unless there is some offensive benefit as well.
Warrior Tabi a good alternative but I would only suggest it for more experienced players that know when to pursue and when to escape. You can't act as recklessly early game with these as you will take a lot more minion damage but the 10 extra power alongside your passive and even girdle of might can put you at a whopping 80 Physical Power at LEVEL 1. Still I find reinforced is far better for sustain.
Ankh of the Golem to provide a slight phys power benefit as well as some survivability. For a more passive farming playstyle I should add early game, the gains become obvious when you hit lvl 20 10 mins earlier than anyone else with good farm.
Boots of Celerity In my opinion these are the least beginner friendly boots on Thor and the benefits vary. The extra speed will get you out of trouble when all you can do is run and the boots will allow to cut enemies off more reliably with walls or even land hammers when someone is at the edge of its range. However the lack of stats can really be felt if you aren't using your attacks to their fullest potential. Voidblade The bruiser counter part to 
The Executioner. If your target is not
Titan's Bane Great for its price and some early penetration. However will penetrate The Executioner on Thor, while a superb item on Ranged AD and Melee AD with cc/leaps/dashes it can be hard to reap 3 attacks safely on Thor. He has the worse attack speed scaling than the rest of the melee fighters while having no low CD escapes. The item offers nothing defensively to so while cheap I don't pick this up unless my other items offer a lot of durability anyway. Qin's Blades Absolutely adore this item, it helps melt thru tanks, gives a respectable amount of attack speed and survivability thru some health. Great item. Pick it up whenever I can. Qin's Blades Giving you additional health, phys protection, power WHILE AT THE SAME TIME reducing enemy attack speed and phys power, ultimate all round bruiser item. Ankh of the Golem Great for health centric builds, giving you durability with a good chunk of health and rewarding you with 1.5% of your total health into attack power. I've seen it give me upwards of 40-50 phys power depending on the rest of my build.
Brawler's Beat Stick Cheap and effective vs healers. The 3 stacks requirement makes me wary but at 75% heal reduction it can be a game-changer vs make ups with 
Cupid, 
Ra, 
Guan Yu and especially 
Hel. I tend to pair this with Ankh of the golem as the health and additional lifesteal help you stay in the fray a bit longer. The crit chance is welcome too crits mean more dieing for the enemy and bigger lifesteal procs for you.
Frostbound Hammer While this used to be hands down required, after it was patched to cost more gold and slow for 10% less I pick this up rarely now. The health it provides is king and the attack power, while not the most, still provides great benefit. While not at all a bad item, it requires a lot of investment. I pick this up again to pair with Ankh of the Golem. I personally just find creeping curse to do the slowing job better and for a lot less gold, though not there's been plenty times I didn't have curse or my ult available and enemies have escaped even mjolnir's attunement as well. Jotunn's Wrath Has become one of my personal favorites. It provides 40 phys power which tends to be 10 more than other attack power providing items. The mana helps sustain and the CDR like anything else that provides it lets you roam to soar to the skies more often.
Breastplate of Valor The defensive choice to Jotunn, while I use it far less, it has seen its uses vs physical heavy teams. Deathbringer. Nuff said. Creeping Curse To me, I find this necessary every game to have on Thor. It has been the sole reason for countless First Bloods for me and there has never been a game I regret losing 1 of 2 ability slots to it. You just don't have any other on demand slows without it.
Girdle of Might As mentioned earlier if you have this item you can see upwards of 80 physical power on Thor. No other God can do this at level 1. This is why he is first blood king.
Purification Beads Mandatory vs certain gods {
Ares, 
Anubis, 
Artemis, 
Hades) and often takes my 2nd ability slot. Thor is very easy to control. You do not want to be CC'd for long especially if you're wearing Warrior Tabi boots. Guaranteed death otherwise.
Aegis Amulet Not as necessary as Beads but is the 100% counter vs Ultimates from Freya and He bo and a soft counter to others such as Odin and Zeus. Personally if I don't have beads in slot 2, its almost always aegis.
Heavenly Agility & Sprint While great items on Thor especially, I haven't found much space to use them since the ability slot count has been brought down to 2. I find with proper tectonic rift usage and to a FAR greater extent Anvil of Dawn execution will be everything you need to secure a kill or get away.
Thor is a Brawler, Bully, Bruiser.
In lane you want to play aggressive while being wary. Remember you have no escapes, just Mjolnir.
You want to always try and hit both the creep wave and the God during early laning. If you land any double hits on anyone having your creeping curse finger ready. Once you have both Mjolnir's Attunement and Beserker Barrage you want to start closing in on the enemies Archers. I like to creeping curse, Barrage both enemy gods and archers (hopefully killing off the archers) and if they start to run its a lot easier to hit them with Mjolnir. With some partner help and some autos a kill is a very real possibility with an Attunment double hit.
At level 5 with Anvil of Dawn Head to the jungle after backing and look to gank either your lane or middle. If middle is being overly aggressive and they're at all low use your ult + creeping curse to gank. Don't abandon your side lane though, if your partner is backed to your lane's tower that should take gank priority just always come out the jungle.
Mjolnir's Attunement. Anubis's locust swarm or Ymir's 
Glacial Strike. Other gods will leap in a predictable path and with a heartbeat delay you can throw Mjolnir where they're about to land. I've killed many an Anhur this way. Tectonic Rift
Anhur would to land impale stuns. Standing diagonally from a target that's close to the side of a lane can let you prop up the wall behind them forming a triangle with you, Thor, at its base blocking off exit so you can beat them down in your own make shift alley.
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