League of Legends (LoL) Question: Does Doran's shield have any purpose at all?

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Does Doran's shield have any purpose at all?

Asked by Quite Nomible on September 11, 2014

Can anyone tell me if this item still serves any purpose or if it's just trash? After the nerf I always took + 5 pots over the instead, if I want a more defensive/sustained start, because it seems to work so much better right now in overall.

Answers (2)

(400) |

is still a pretty decent starting item and a lot of laners can benefit from it.

Useful against who deals a lot of true damage to you (so armour isn't as useful) or just early all-in champions, or champions that deal mixed damage (, , ).

Not all top laners start with it anymore though - , , , , etc, can all start with something else, like (in the case of ) or .

But for standard tanks like , , and so on, is a fine start.

When considering vs , you're thinking about sustain vs all-in potential. I'd just take the one that seems more appropriate.

There are also many support players who like to take a as first item when going talisman of ascension (since it lacks any combat stats whatsoever).

(29) |

Thanks for the nice detailed answer, appreciate it!

(57) |

what do you do against an ap champion that is likely to auto attack you a lot, like teemo for example

(400) |

The proper start would be into a if you're even or behind (going damage if ahead). D-Shield will work to mitigate mixed damage and then an early will mitigate their penetration runes and then some.

(29) |

I dunno, I think I'll still start up with that if I'm melee and if it builds into something useful lategame, such as for . Autoattacks are still autoattacks that deal physical damage, and I think there's no real efficient start to build against early magic damage.

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