Talk:Quintessence/@comment-3554826-20110527052857/@comment-84.145.191.98-20110608225252

I disagree that the flat life quints are useless nowadays, they give you a very nice edge in early game comparable to a doran´s item. +78 life is a big deal in the laning phase, but of course this bonus almost completely fades away in mid and end game in contrary to flat armor/MR quints which give you a noticable buff all through the fight.

in my runebook, i still use +26 hp qints on champions that i don´t buy a doran´s item with in the beginning to compensate the health bar to a healthy 500+ life, it just makes your laning a lot saver regardless of your opponents main damage type.

on champions i generally start up with doran´s i changed the quints to movement speed, too. the approximately 15 to 17 bonus MS you begin with are almost like buying a pair of boots first, and help you chasing/escaping/dodging all through the game.

so overall i would say it always depends on your starting item of choice and your champion whether or not the +hp quints are worth it, but they still prove to be a good choice in general even after the nerf imo. it´s the "cannot do wrong" pick that i would recommend to beginners.