Talk:Pantheon/@comment-71.255.68.155-20101102155449/@comment-89.167.76.163-20101107001052

Well, from my experience, you will need more than one combo to get a kill, most of the time it will take at least two. Also, you'll probably have to use your rotation at least twice in a teamfight + some Spear Shots. And, well, it's good to have some spare mana for Aegis to stun and run or to use your Ultimate outside your base. Anyway, you will need mana.

I do belive that Manamune is a better choice than going for, say, Chalice of Harmony or Mregen Runes. By getting those you have to sacrifice something (either AD, because Chalice doesn't provide any, or defensive qualities like Dodge, HP or Mresist you could get from Runes), and it's not like you're losing anything by getting Manamune - you get about 43 AD on level 18 with just the mana provided by Manamune and your base amount, without it's Passive component (with it, you should easily be able to get to 1.5k mana, which equals 50 AD). It costs about the same as B.F Sword (which gives just 50 AD) if you'll take Long Sword (more damage in early game) or Meki's Pendant (more Spear Shots) as your first item, which I belive is better than going for Doran's items since they don't build up in anything useful. Also, having that much mana, you're able to go for any defensive Seals and Glyphs you like - Dodge, HP, Magic Resist, etc.

Obviously, it's just my opinion, based on the Normal games I played with Pantheon on my level, which is probably far from "Pro", but still, mid-ELO and I do belive it should work for most players.