Talk:Mordekaiser/@comment-3493296-20150810233318/@comment-26001789-20150812155349

Yes, Riot right now recommends starting the the game with Relic Shield which is interesting to say the least.

But with Doran Shield and early defensive masteries, you can mitigate a lot of Auto damage which, early on in the laning phase, thanks to your shield will more than make enough for you to be able to sustain the laning phase.

Relic Shield it's advantages, you know, you give money to your support and both heal up but the passive doesn't proc as often if you don't upgrade the item and it doesn't scale very well later on unlike Doran Shield which is a little more Vanilla, yes, but it's effective in that regard.