Talk:Pantheon/@comment-20434720-20140805212327/@comment-25322326-20140819043220

Yes he's really tough to 1v1. However, as you might have heard; the game is 5v5! You can always ask your jungler for a gank, since Pantheon lacks a good escape other than flash, and like other people already said, his damage is single target pretty much. He's also quite squishy unless he builds tank items (which would cripple his damage).

You also need know when to play against him. Know your matchups. If you play something squishy against him like Teemo or Quinn you're probably gonna get wrecked. Obviously you don't want champions that require getting an empowered auto off like Nasus or Wukong. Since, as you mentioned, his damage is pretty high, you need to outsustain him and still be able to deal decent damage to him so you can kill him when your jungler ganks. You also want either champions that can farm from a distance and still follow up on ganks from their jungler, or champions who can deal with missing a few CS early game and still do well and follow up on ganks. Garen is a good example of this, but really if you start Cloth Armor + 5 pots you can do that with many other champions like Shyvana, Mundo, Irelia, etc. His Q does drain his mana pretty quickly if he just spams it all day. To counter this Pantheon might take Flask at lv. 1, but this makes him really squishy. Another important thing is to be able to exploit any advantages you have on him. If you manage to kill him early game and you're a level or two above him, go agressive. If you manage to scare him away from minions he won't be able to lifesteal and he has no sustain other than potions. Grab Teleport and push top lane all day so he has to stay there, and if he decides to roam with his ultimate, you follow up with your TP. Remember, if he falls behind, it's far more dangerous for him to gank with his ultimate since he'll be more squishy than he already is and that's a free kill if you have TP and half a brain cell.

TL;DR Ask for ganks. Don't take squishy champions and instead go with a tank that can follow up on ganks. Don't 1v1 unless you're ahead of him. Press on advantages. Take Teleport.