User blog comment:Odisseas25/Top starting items: Discuss ALL combinations!/@comment-5514182-20130511033403/@comment-4068613-20130513144602

I occasionally start Sapphire and Ruby on top if I'm playing Singed, He likes them for an early tear and/or Catalyst. This isn't good against all lanes, of course, but if I'm anticipating a boring laning phase, I can start my tear stacking and my Rod of Ages growing much earlier in the game than usual.