If you want a fighterbruiser with a strong early game who is still relevant late game I ' d suggest shyvana . She has one of the best clear speeds early and the ability to solo dragon pre level 6 . She can also build CoC , as well as storm raiders , fervor , and grasp depending on your playstyle . As far as builds it ' s wide open with either bloodrazer or cinderhulk and a huge variance of items like frozen mallet , trinity force , titanic hydra , wits end , blade of the ruined king , and all tank items . She used to be played top but is no longer too viable , especially with the change in her passive . Another one who is great is Vi , I know you said she didn ' t click but I would give her a second try , I think she has a huge impact early and synergizes well with the new keystone , CoC . She ' s also a trinity force jungler but generally goes warrior first and then into tank items but can go glass cannon if you desire . I ' ve seen her top but I ' m not too sure how successful it is . Honestly Hecarim is really great right now even though you don ' t like waiting for the trinity force power spike . His ultimate does really well with CoC as well . I think Maokai ' s clear speed would leave a lot to be desired so I would avoid him in the jungle . Zac is in a wonderful spot right now and is always a great pick . I don ' t know much about the others and am lower elo than you so take what I say with a grain of salt .