Talk:Crystalline Flask/@comment-88.186.19.90-20121123072516

People, don't get your knickers in a twist, this item is NOT like DOTA bottle.

The point of this item is to get you to commit to using potions to sustain yourself. This item is costs 6 health pots, but if you take into account the sell value (since it doesn't upgrade into anything) it has the cost of 9 health pots total. In other words, this item is cost-effective only if you find yourself consuming all the charges and recalling 3 times. And it only restores 100 health per charge.

It's probably more cost-effective on many champions to just buy 3 health pots and to get a vamp scepter on your first recall.