Talk:LeBlanc/@comment-7633726-20130405182453/@comment-3970297-20130411082920

Mana issues is probably one of Leblanc's biggest flaws in design compared to other champions. Certainly more often than not, Leblanc will find herself with almost zero mana after she killed someone, and unless she has a chalice or blue buff, chances are, you will need to go back on account for the enemy jungler. A leblanc with no mana cannot fight back, and in short terms, means its a dead LB.

Chalice of Harmony is certainly NOT a waste on Leblanc. While it's not always needed against your opponent, it's important to keep in mind that Chalice of Harmony remains an OPTION. Yellow runes are valuable, and  I sometimes I rather run armor yellows over mana-regen because in S3, it's very important to be able to survive attacks against you. It's not uncommon for me to build Chalice of Harmony particularly when I'm against someone who has infinite sustain damage, such as Kennen, Vlad, etc. Since You need to be able to trade with these champions. The extra magic resist helps too.

After Chalice, you check to see what you need against your opponent. If they are building Magic Resist, sometimes you're rather rush Void Staff over Liandry's or Rabadon's. There's and Oldmaneyebrow post about Void Staff being more effective than Rabadon's if the target has more than 70 magic resist, though I can't find it at the moment. It's important to consider Void Staff as a first pick because it's common thought to get Magic resist to counter Leblanc. With an early void staff, you make them regret that decision.

In my opnion, you do NOT want to get Liandry's before Void Staff. It's okay to get Haunting Guise before Void Staff, but building Liandry's as a first item is typically impractical and actually doesn't do a lot of damage. Void Staff will amplify the damage from Liandry's due to lowered magic resist, and Liandry's dealing %HP damage.

Overall, there is little reason to build any other mana or mana-regen items on Leblanc than Chalice to Athene's since Leblanc doesn't benefit a ton from any other option. Athene's in my opinion is very underrated as an item, and the extra mana regen is very important in longer fights, particularly to Leblanc, when you want to have the option to blow someone up again with a lower CD Mimic.