Talk:LeBlanc/@comment-76.92.140.157-20130313102252/@comment-178.166.24.118-20130313233630

Start with flask and buy an early Dorans Ring. Together with 9 point in utility masteries plus the ~7:30 blue buff I don't see how you'd have any mana problems at all. You won't get pushed before lvl 5 so you shouldn't be wasting mana on anything but harassing.

Chalice/Grail are shit on LB. You want to start racking up AP very quickly for damage and if you go Chalice you're giving away your early game power which is pretty much all you have. 60 AP for 2600g? That's the equivalent of 9 champion kills or something like 130 CS. With that kind of gold you can buy both components of DFG, so no thanks. If you want Chalice just give up playing LB altogether and switch to Orianna or Lux.