User blog comment:Leyrann/Hard counters./@comment-5324023-20120729202402/@comment-4834593-20120729211820

That's right. But lets take my Malphite as example. I had Mercury Threads, Chalice of Harmony and Abyssal Scepter. To become a real tank, I only needed to buy a Glacial Shroud, worth 2 champion kills and 37 minion kills. That's not that much. Also notice the armor part is only worth 1 champion kill and 16 minion kills. Or just a Dragon, 2 assists and 12 minion kills. Not counting gold over time here. So it's not that hard. Normally spending up to 2k gold on countering your lane (notice that Merc Threads are not countering your lane, but just the boots you'd buy anyways, and that Abyssal Scepter is partly countering and partly just normal build; I'd buy it anyways) will pay itself back.

And about the Chalice, it makes you virtuallly manaless, which has made me outharras the enemy laner tens of times. And now I'm just talking about any top laner I played. So also Jayce, Jax, Irelia, Nunu, of course Malphite, as I said, and I might be missing some. It's just worth twice it's ridiculously low price of 890 gold.