Doran's shield on some AP carries?

[quote=DuffTime]20 HP is a huge difference. 20% difference in fact.[/quote]

[quote=Temzilla]Except that boots+3hp, Null magic+2 pots, and cloth+5hp are all better starts than a doran's shield. One of the reasons that starting Doran's Shield on Karthus works is because Karthus is a very light character, and you could pretty much build anything on karthus and still be very useful to your team as him. Last game i played as karthus i dunked, (wriggles+boots of mobility+4 zeals) and i just had to drop a wall and i grabbed red buff and perma slowed them, making it easy to kill stragglers, even when they were characters like full tank Garen, or Singed. It's kind of silly.[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]Well yes and no. If you have 2 Doran's shields, that's perma lane against most tanky AD types who can't deal that much damage.[/quote]

[quote=Temzilla][quote=DuffTime] Well yes and no. If you have 2 Doran's shields, that's perma lane against most tanky AD types who can't deal that much damage. [/quote] I would much rather rush a chain vest, or some sort of cheap armor item like wriggles if I'm AD, or Chain Vest to build into some tank item or Zhonya's. But honestly, i wouldn't work on winning fights with tanky ad, i'd work on winning trades. In which case, you want CDR, AP, and Magic Pen as an AP carry.[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]You won't be building 2 doran's shields against AP carry :p You'd build nega + regen pendant.[/quote]