Sustain Start Item: Crystalline Flask vs...

[quote=ZeUnit]I personally buy [[crystalline flask]] when I want sustain, for health and mana, such as [[jax]] who has high mana costs and no form of life-steal, or Singed who makes good use of it throughout the game due to his need consumption of mana via stacking [[tear of the goddess]] with his [[poison trail]] [[doran's shield]] is more for when I have a match-up in which the other champion will probably bully me for a bit, so I need some protection early on, such as against Riven, since the passive is strong, or against an all AD team.[/quote]

[quote=Xiaowiriamu]It's a good theorycrafting idea, but despite the mathematics, which are correct, and yes you can argue the flask is better, but in my opinion, it'll only be better for a small variety of champions in mid lane. Doran shield is going to be better.[/quote]