Call me noob but what is the fast rook style?

Oh thanks for explaining.

What ShakenBake said its true, Going speed rook is losing rooks advantage all together, i mean whats the point of going speed if you still need a stunned enemy to hit hammer slam or you need an enemy in your tower farm to be able to win.

Rook is not about where you can go but where you can make the enemy go, and when you are slow and you are running they seem to get this false confidence and just go and atack you, i prefer my slow rook, speed dosent give me any good advantage and im sacrificing a slot for my BotF and money for my armor/hp.

I hate to say it but people that go rook speed are noobs, cause they will always outrun you, going in a battle of speed against a sedna is tupid, she is the fastest character in the game, going against ub and erebus in a battle of speed is equally stupid cause they got 2nd best speed and also slows, and all other characters are the same you will always lose in speed.

I think it depends on the map and your team and your own play style. I play rook defensively (tower build with lots of hp and structural transfer) on maps such as cataract, but on bigger maps, I like to be in the mix and be able to stay with the enemy longer as they run away, so I will typically not go with a tower build and instead go with speed and dps (hammer, stun, buffs, arrows).

Anyways, that's just how I play, and usually switch them around depending on how I feel like playing.

I play erebus a lot and I know the game is going to be a cake walk anytime I walk out with more HP than rook.  The only thing Rook should think about sacrificing for HP is potentially Teleport Ammy instead of Blood of Fallen.  (of course rook should also have tele scrolls), this lets him RTB and get back to his tower farm without it disappearing on him... Speed rook is for noobs

If you want "fast" rook, imo just get the teleport favor item. You can use it to teleport back to base or to one of your towers you pulled up.

Regarding teleport favor item, it depends what you're doing with Rook.  If you're playing an ambush build (i.e. watching flag and towers for an opportunity to tele/roll/slam) then having the favor item is worth it.  You can easily teleport 4-5 times on a single trip out from you shop which is going to use up 2 slots and cost 1,000+ gold.  It gives you an extra consumable slot which can be used for a Wand of Speed, Magus Rod, or Orb of Defiance, depending on your play style.  Considering the Orb of Defiance is roughly equivalent to BotF and costs as much as 15 teleport scrolls, if you're planning to teleport more than 15 times, you might consider the tele favor item.  But again, that depends on what your build is trying to do.  In many other Rook builds, BotF is the better choice.

The thing is, you're playing to your weakness. And you'll never be better. Even if you go anklet and boots of speed, that's only around 6.3/6.2 (based on other people's calcs). This means that a UB that points one point in inner beast (I think that's what it is called -- my memory is blanking) will always outrun you. Without spending a dime on speed.

That of course allows him to go for BotF and hp/dps gear. In other words, by stacking speed, you make it so you're no faster than your opponent, but significantly weaker.