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Change for Bulwark of Hope if they have Heals on their team
Choose Upon the situation
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Frostbound Hammer is generally unnecessary for SWK, agreed with Kriega. It can be a flex/optional pick, but since he's got a slow in his 2 and a stun/knockup in his 3, he's got enough CC to be functional without it.
For Joust, the rest of the build is somewhat okay, with a clear intention to max CDR by 3rd item. Jotunn's 2nd means SWK shouldn't be the main tank though, at least not in the early stages...and that makes it difficult to have him set up kills for teammates. But without much pen (like Void Shield at least), the power that he IS building (Jotunn's + Shifter's Shield) is being mitigated a good amount. So he's not really being relied on for much damage either.
This means I'd prefer getting BoV and other protection items first, and following up later with offensive potential, if the situation fits.
Pestilence is good, but with 0 alternate build options (like with other builds Thicc has proposed), it's not a core item...you don't get it if you're not facing significant enough healing.